Imagine two bathroom scales sitting side by side. A bowling ball is placed on sc
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Question
Imagine two bathroom scales sitting side by side. A bowling ball is placed on scale 1, and a pencil is placed on scale 2.A) On which scale, if either, does the object feel a greater gravitational force?
B) At which scale is there a greater gravitational field? Please explain.
C) If necessary, reconcile your part A and part B answers. As part of your answer, discuss which property of an object determines how strongly it gets pulled by a given gravitational field.
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Explanation / Answer
A) on the bowling ball B) Same , as the gravitational filed only depends on the mass of the earth and not on the mass of the balls or pencil C) Its the mass of the body which decides the force which a field can produce . as we know F=M * field , more mass for force , thus keeping the filed constant