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Newton said that objects continue moving if no forces are acting on them, but his predecessor...
Newton said that objects continue moving if no forces are acting on them, but his predecessor Aristotle said that a force was necessary to keep an object moving. Why does Aristotle’s theory seem more plausible, even though we now believe it to be wrong? What insight was Aristotle missing about the reason why things seem to slow down naturally? Give an example
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(a) An elevator of mass m moving upward has two forces acting on it: the upward...
(a) An elevator of mass m moving upward has two forces
acting on it: the upward force of tension in the cable and the
downward force due to gravity. When the elevator is accelerating
upward, which is greater, T or w?
(b) When the elevator is moving at a constant velocity upward,
which is greater, T or w?
(c) When the elevator is moving upward, but the acceleration is
downward, which is greater, T or w?
(d) Let the elevator...
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