Multiple Choice
If a block is set sliding on a huge imaginary frictionless plane in contact with Earth's surface, it will NOT sustain a constant speed because
A) a component of gravitational force parallel to the plane soon acts on it.
B) gravity gets weaker as distance increases.
C) it is not free from the shackles of Earth's gravity.
D) of its inertia.
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