The starship Enterprise locks onto an alien ship (whose mass is much greater than the Enterprise's mass) with its tractor beam (think of this as a futuristic rope) and starts to pull the alien ship toward it. Neither ship has its propulsion engines running. Which ship has greater acceleration towards the other?

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The starship Enterprise locks onto an alien ship (whose mass is much greater than the Enterprise's mass) with its tractor beam (think of this as a futuristic rope) and starts to pull the alien ship toward
it. Neither ship has its propulsion engines running. Which ship has greater acceleration towards the other?
the Enterprise
O They both move with equal acceleration.
O Neither ship can move because there is no friction in outer space.
O the alien ship
Transcribed Image Text:The starship Enterprise locks onto an alien ship (whose mass is much greater than the Enterprise's mass) with its tractor beam (think of this as a futuristic rope) and starts to pull the alien ship toward it. Neither ship has its propulsion engines running. Which ship has greater acceleration towards the other? the Enterprise O They both move with equal acceleration. O Neither ship can move because there is no friction in outer space. O the alien ship
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