EBK CONCEPTUAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE
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Author: Hewitt
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Chapter 7, Problem 63E
Visit a snow-covered cemetery and note that the snow does not slope upward against the gravestones but, instead, forms depressions around them, as shown. What is your explanation for this?
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