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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