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A falling apple is attracted towards the earth. (a) Does the apples attract the earth ? (b) Why doesn't earth moves towards an apple ?

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(a) Yes. According to Newton's third law. The apple attracts the earth.

(b) According to Newton's second law, fora given force, acceleration a ∝ \(\frac{1}{m}\) . Here mass of an apple is negligibly small compared to earth. so we cannot see the earth moving towards and apple.



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