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A student wrote, ‘The reason an apple falls downward to meet the earth instead of the earth falling upward to meet the apple is that the earth is much more massive than the apple and therefore exerts a much greater pull than the apple does.’ Is this explanation correct? If not, what is the correct one?
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College Physics Volume 1 (Chs. 1-16); Mastering Physics with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for College Physics (10th Edition)
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