Which law of motion accounts for the following statement? "An apple accelerates as it falls from a tree."

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Melody Kim

15 December, 01:20

Which law of motion accounts for the following statement? "An apple accelerates as it falls from a tree."

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Eddie Lawrence · Answer 1

Although one could definitely directly connect an "apple falling" with Newton's first law of motion, which is gravity, since the question states about acceleration, then we can relate the statement to Newton's second law of motion, the law of acceleration.