A Basketball Player Jumps to Make a Basket,and Remains in the Air

question 71

Multiple Choice

A basketball player jumps to make a basket,and remains in the air for a moment.A sportscaster,talking about the game,then remarks that she has "defied gravity." Which of the following accurately describes the situation?

• A)The player did stay in the air in spite of the Law of Gravitation,but a single counter-observation is not enough to warrant revisiting a theory that usually works.
• B)The player produced enough force with her legs to accelerate up into the air,and gravity brought her back down with an acceleration of 9.8 m/s².
• C)The player only seemed to defy gravity,but part of the Universal Law of Gravitation makes an exception for basketball players.
• D)The player has defied gravity,so scientists must go back into the lab to refine their theory.

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