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  • Oct 18, 2009, 09:42 AM
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    More physics 11- forces
    When you drop a 0.40kg apple, earth exerts a force on it that accelerates it at 9.8m/s squared toward earths surface. According to newtons third law, the apple must exert an equal and opposite force on earth. If the mass of earth is 5.98 times 10 to the power of 24 kg, what is the magnitude of earths acceleration?

    The answer is supposed to be 6.6 times 10 to the power of -25m/s squared.

    Thank you very much to whoever can answer this! :)
  • Oct 18, 2009, 10:37 AM
    Unknown008

    Well, use Newton's first law to solve it, together with his third law.

    Make use of

    The first force (on apple) is given by

    The second force (on Earth) is given by

    Using the third law,

    You therefore have:

    Solve for a, the acceleration of the Earth! :)

    I hope it helped! :)

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