Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 4CQ
How did Aristotle explain the continued motion of a thrown object? Does this explanation seem reasonable to you? Explain.
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