If a Freely Falling Object Were Somehow Equipped with a Speedometer

question 30

Multiple Choice

If a freely falling object were somehow equipped with a speedometer on a planet where the acceleration due to gravity is 20 m/s/s,then its speed reading would increase each second by

• A)10 m/s.
• B)20 m/s.
• C)30 m/s.
• D)40 m/s.
• E)depends on its initial speed

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Ounce

A unit of weight in the US customary and British imperial systems, equal to 1/16 of a pound or approximately 28.35 grams.

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A mass unit that is equivalent to 0.001 of a gram.

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An expression of mass measuring exactly one thousandth of a kilogram.

Milligram

A unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram, used in the metric system.