College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 11MCP
Far from any gravity, an astronaut accidentally releases a metal wrench inside a spaceship that is traveling at a constant velocity of 250 km/s away from earth in outer space. What will be the subsequent behavior of that wrench as observed by the astronaut?
- A. It will fall to the floor with constant velocity.
- B. It will fall to the floor with constant acceleration.
- C. It will fall to the back of the spaceship with constant velocity.
- D. It will fall to the back of the spaceship with constant acceleration.
- E. It will remain right where the astronaut released it.
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