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When the only force acting on a falling object is gravity, the object is said to be stationary.
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When the only force acting on a falling object is gravity, the object is said to be stationary.

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Because students associate pushes and pulls with moving or active objects they often believe that stationary or passive objects have no forces acting on them at all.

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