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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop du jour

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brought to you by gravity Sure it hurts when we

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drop our physics book on her foot But at least

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we're not floating off into the cold depths of space

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That would happen All right given a very large sphere

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in which direction is the gravitational force directed and hear

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the potential answer outward and we're perpendicular All right Well

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there's One very large sphere that we should all be

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pretty familiar with the earth That big ball All right

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Now since we're on planet earth right now let's go

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ahead and drop something Nothing expensive by the way Just

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pencil Or maybe something soft Now did that pencil go

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floating up toward the ceiling Did it start moving sideways

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Well so we're probably not actually on planet earth And

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in fact we may have been abducted by aliens Well

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this has taken a turn and watch for the probing

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All right But if we are on earth the things

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we drop go downwards towards the core of the planet

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So the correct answer is b all the other options

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violate the laws of gravity and that's Not gonna happen

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The gravity police keep things on lock down The next

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time we're playing frisbee with a friend Let's remember to

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thank gravity because the game would get really expensive if

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the frisbees and never came down You know like a

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flying saucer you know e

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