A student rolls a marble across a table and off the edge.  At the instant the marble leaves the edge of  the table, she drops, from rest, a second marble straight down from the same height.  Consider the following statements about the motion of the marbles:  I. Both have equal accelerations.  II. Both strike the floor at the same time. III. Both have the same velocity at the instant they strike the floor. If air resistance is ignored, which statement(s) is(are) true?     Question 2 options:   I only    II only   III only   I and II only   I, II and III

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A student rolls a marble across a table and off the edge.  At the instant the marble leaves the edge of  the table, she drops, from rest, a second marble straight down from the same height.  Consider the following statements about the motion of the marbles: 

I. Both have equal accelerations. 

II. Both strike the floor at the same time.

III. Both have the same velocity at the instant they strike the floor.

If air resistance is ignored, which statement(s) is(are) true?

 

 

Question 2 options:

 

I only

 

 II only

 

III only

 

I and II only

 

I, II and III

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