The fact that Voyager 10 continues to speed out of the solar system, even though its rockets have no fuel, is an example of

A) Newton's first law of motion.
B) Newton's second law of motion.
C) Newton's third law of motion.
D) the universal law of gravitation.
E) none of the above


A

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