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Question
Give scientific reasons.
Any object on earth falls vertically downward and not at an angle to the vertical; nor fly off in a horizontal direction.
Solution
The centre of the earth receives the force that pulls all objects toward it. Therefore, the direction from the falling object to the centre of the earth is vertically downward at any place.
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