Multiple Choice
Consider a monkey wrench released at rest at the far edge of the solar system. Suppose that it drops to Earth by virtue of only Earth's gravity. The wrench will strike Earth's surface with a speed of about
A) 10 m/s.
B) 8 km/s.
C) 11 km/s.
D) the speed of light.
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