Figure N-9 -While a Ship Moves Toward the Right at Constant Velocity

question 46

Multiple Choice

Figure N-9

-While a ship moves toward the right at constant velocity, a seaman atop the mast drops a stone which freely falls to position

• A)C) This is better understood by realizing that
• D)the ship moved to the right a distance equal to that between A and B while the stone fell vertically.
• E)the stone was moving to the right just as fast as the ship during the fall.
• F)the net force acting on the stone is equal to its weight.
• G)because of inertia, the stone experiences a horizontal motion unlike that of the ship.
• H)the stone underwent an acceleration while the ship did not.

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