In the demonstration by Cal’s teacher, the string represents the force that keeps the planet in orbit. Which statement BEST describes what would happen first if the string broke while swinging the ball during the demonstration? A
The ball would continue orbiting.

B
The ball would immediately fall to the ground.

C
The ball would fly in a straight line away from the teacher.

D
The ball would move in a spiral getting farther away from the teacher.

The particles of the gas inside the ball heats up, bouncing off each other and spreading farther apart.hope my answer has you : )

Answertechnician (a) is correct;

To compare speeds speeds of wagons we will use second newton's law. it states: f = m * ahere we can see that force depends on the acceleration. if we know acceleration for both wagons we can compare them to make conclusion of speeds of wagons.we have: m1 = 10lbm2 = 20lbf1 = 2*f2also: m2 = 2*m1for bill we have equation: f1 = m1 * a1for tom we have equation: f2 = m2 * a2after inserting identities we have: 2*f2 =m1 * a1f2 = 2*m1 * a2in order to make conclusions about speeds we will solve these equations for a and find their ratio: a1 = 2f2 / m1a2 = f2 / 2m1a1 / a2 = (2f2/m1) / (f2/2m1)a1 / a2 = (2f2*2m1) / (m1*f2)a1 / a2 = (4f2m1) / (m1f2)a1 / a2 = 4this ratio is bigger than 1 and this means that a1 is greater than a2. a1 is 4 times greater than a2. speed of bill's wagon is 4 times greater than speed of tom's wagon.