Velma, the space woman, orbiting at 100 miles above earth's surface, feels weightless because

A) she is in a vacuum.
B) she is away from the pull of earth's gravity.
C) she went on a diet.
D) she is falling freely around Earth.
E) Actually, she doesn't feel weightless.


D

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Light travels from one place to another along a path of least

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