If you toss a ball "horizontally" from one wall to an opposite wall inside an accelerating spaceship in deep space, defining "up" as the direction of acceleration, the ball will hit
A) below its straight-line path.
B) above its straight-line path.
C) neither of these
Answer: A
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following has the greatest number of significant figures?
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(a) What is the radius of the path of the alpha particle? (b) How long does it take the alpha particle to make one complete revolution around its path?