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A ball falls and bounces off the floor. Taking only the ball as the system fails because:

AAir is warm
BMass is small
CFloor is flat
DGravity pulls it
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Gravity pulls it
1. A closed system needs no outside force. 2. Gravity pulls the ball down the whole time. 3. So the ball alone is not closed. _Source: OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, Chapter 9, Linear Momentum and Collisions._
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