EBK CONCEPTUAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE
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Author: Hewitt
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Chapter 4, Problem 1RAT
Choose the BEST way to complete the statement.
1. The Moon falls toward Earth in the sense that it falls
(a) with an acceleration of 10 m/s2, as do apples on Earth.
(b) beneath the straight-line path it would follow without gravity.
(c) both of these
(d) neither of these
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