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question:
whats the only force on a free - falling body?
answer options:
select one of four
tension a push from being thrown
gravity friction
In physics, a free - falling body is defined as an object that is falling under the sole influence of gravity (assuming air resistance is negligible, which is the ideal case for free - fall). Tension is a force in strings or ropes, friction is a force that opposes motion (like air friction, but in ideal free - fall we ignore it), and a push from being thrown is an initial force that gives the body an initial velocity but is not acting during the free - fall. So the only force on a free - falling body is gravity.
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