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newton imagined a cannon fired horizontally from the top of a high mountain. if it has enough speed it will □ toward earth with a curvature that matches the curvature of earths surface. the cannonball would be in □.
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Explanation:

Newton's cannonball thought experiment describes a scenario where a horizontally fired cannonball, with sufficient speed, falls toward Earth at a rate matching Earth's curvature. This continuous falling without hitting the surface results in orbital motion.

Answer:

fall; orbit