Question

When a fruit falls from a tree,

• A. only the earth attracts the fruit
• B. both the earth and the fruit attract each other
• C. only the fruit attracts the earth
• D. they repel each other

Answer 1

The correct option is B both the earth and the fruit attract each other

According to the law of physics, the earth attracts the apple and the apple attracts the earth with the same intensity of gravity ( according to 3rd law of dynamics). However the displacement of the two bodies is inversely to their respective masses. The earth attracts the apple i.e it falls on an apple in a billionth of a billionth of a millimeter which is impossible to see.

Thus when a fruit falls from a tree both the earth and the fruit attract each other.