Earth is a noninertial reference system:

a. only because it rotates.
b. only because it revolves.
c. only because of the movement of the Milky Way Galaxy.
d. only because of the motion of the Moon.
e. because of all the various ways it moves, including rotation, revolution, and the movement of the Galaxy.


e

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a. 0 c. some negative value b. some positive value d. No answer above is correct.

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Three point charges, two positive and one negative, each having a magnitude of 20 mC are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle (30 cm on a side). What is the magnitude of the electrostatic force on one of the positive charges?

a. 69 N b. 40 N c. 80 N d. 57 N e. 20 N

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When a star collapses to become a black hole, its mass

A) increases. B) decreases. C) remains unchanged.

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