Question

True or false - A free-falling object still has weight. Identify your answer, then explain your answer selection.

Answer 1

True

Explanation:

The true weight, the gravitational force exerted by the earth on the object, remains. What is zero is the apparent weight, which is the magnitude of the contact force supported by an object.

For example, if an object on top of a cliff is both its actual weight is equal to its apparent weight equals mass times gravity, as you jump off the cliff the actual weight is still mass times gravity but the apparent weight is reduced to 0. .

Which means that the statement is true