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Why does the skier accelerate while earth does not seem to move at all?
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∙ 12y ago
gravity
The force on each other is the same (action and reaction)
The skier and the earth accelerate toward each other according to:
acceleration = force / mass.
But because the earth is so massive , (compared to the skier) its rate of acceleration is immeasurably small, as is the distance it travels.
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This is only concerned with the vertical component of the skiers motion.
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