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22 February, 01:42

The force that attracts earth to an object is equal to and opposite the force that earth exerts on the object. Explain why earth's acceleration is not equal to and opposite the object's acceleration.

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  1. 22 February, 02:31
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    Because of heavy mass

    Explanation:

    When force acts on a body it tends to accelerate the body. The acceleration produced in the body depends on two things:

    1). Magnitude of force

    2). Mass of the body

    F = ma

    ⇒ a = F/m

    As the force exerted on earth and another object are the equal in magnitude but opposite in direction. This forces will accelerate the object toward the earth but can't accelerate the earth as earth has very high mass.

    a = F/m

    This force tends to accelerate the earth but but due to earth's inertia the earth does not accelerate.
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