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17 August, 04:45

According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, which statement is true?

Lighter objects experience a higher acceleration than heavier objects.

A) Falling objects accelerate as they approach the ground.

B) The weight of an object increases as it moves away from the ground.

C) Lighter objects experience a lower acceleration than heavier objects.

D) The mass of an object increases as it moves closer to the ground.

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  1. 17 August, 05:21
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    Option (a) is correct.

    Falling objects accelerate as they approach the ground. This is because of the force of gravity acting on the falling objects. so the velocity of these objects increases continuously as they approach the ground. the acceleration acting on the falling objects is a constant (close to the surface of earth) and is called as acceleration due to gravity denoted by g. value of g=9.8 m/s².
  2. 17 August, 08:23
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    A) Falling objects accelerate as they approach the ground.

    True

    Reason : as the falling object approach the ground, acceleration due to gravity in down direction acts on it and accelerate it.

    B) The weight of an object increases as it moves away from the ground.

    False

    Reason : As the object moves away from the ground, acceleration due to gravity acting on the object decreases. since the weight directly depends on the acceleration due to gravity, hence the weight decreases too.

    C) Lighter objects experience a lower acceleration than heavier objects.

    False

    Reason : Since acceleration due to gravity is independent of the mass.

    D) The mass of an object increases as it moves closer to the ground.

    False

    Reason : Since mass of an object is independent of the acceleration due to gravity.
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