Chapter 16, Problem 14A

To determine

To Explain: The bending of the paths of baseball and photons due to gravitational field.

Explanation of Solution

Introduction:

The path of motion of baseball and photon are affected by the gravitational force.

The bend in the motion of the baseball is observed easily as compared to that of the photon because the photons move with a very high speed and have zero rest mass.

From the view point of external observer, the path of both baseballs and photons would look straight but from the view point of internal observer, the paths would look bent and influence of gravitational field appears clearly.