Conceptual Integrated Science
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780135197394
Author: Hewitt, Paul G., LYONS, Suzanne, (science Teacher), Suchocki, John, Yeh, Jennifer (jennifer Jean)
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION (COLLEGE)
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Chapter 5, Problem 78TE
If you were in a freely falling elevator and you dropped a pencil, it would hover in front of you rather than falling to the floor. Is there a force of gravity that is acting on the pencil? Defend your answer.
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