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Sportsfan2111

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on: Jul 29, 2018
The first scientist to introduce the concept of inertia was
 
  A) Aristotle.
  B) Galileo.
  C) Newton.
  D) Copernicus.

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A bird sitting on the limb of a tree is moving about 30 km/s with respect to the Sun. If the bird takes 1 second to drop down to a worm below, the worm would be 30 km downrange from the bird when it reached the ground.
 
  This faulty reasoning is best countered with Newton's
  A) law of inertia.
  B) law of gravity.
  C) laws of motion.
  D) none of the above


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brittiany.barnes

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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A


Sportsfan2111

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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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