If a Block Is Set Sliding on a Huge Frictionless

question 79

Multiple Choice

If a block is set sliding on a huge frictionless plane in contact with the Earth, it will NOT continue to move at constant speed because

• A) gravity will pull in a non-perpendicular direction as the block gets farther out on the plane.
• B) of its inertia.
• C) gravity gets weaker as distance increases.
• D) it is not free from the shackles of Earth's gravity.

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