A Baseball Is Located at the Surface of the Earth

question 41

Multiple Choice

A baseball is located at the surface of the earth.Which statements about it are correct? (There may be more than one correct choice.)

• A) The earth exerts a much greater gravitational force on the ball than the ball exerts on the earth.
• B) The ball exerts a greater gravitational force on the earth than the earth exerts on the ball.
• C) The gravitational force on the ball due to the earth is exactly the same as the gravitational force on the earth due to the ball.
• D) The gravitational force on the ball is independent of the mass of the ball.
• E) The gravitational force on the ball is independent of the mass of the earth.

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