College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 3, Problem 14MCQ
Two small balls of the same material, one of mass m and the other of mass 2m, are dropped simultaneously from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. On which ball does Earth exert a bigger force?
a. On the 2m ball
b. On the m ball
c. Earth exerts the same force on both balls because they fall with the same acceleration.
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