Is it true that the earth exerts a greater force of attraction on the apple than the apple exerts on the earth?

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Detailed Solution

The above statement is false.
According to Newton, everybody exerts a gravitational force on each other in the universe. Gravitational force is an attractive force. The gravitational force acts between the earth and the apple. The earth exerts the same force of attraction on the apple as the apple exerts on the earth. The earth and the apple attract each other with the same force. Apple falls towards the earth, but the earth does not move towards the apple because acceleration is inversely proportional to mass. The mass of the earth being extremely large compared to the apple, it has negligible acceleration towards the apple.
The correct statement would be the earth exerts the same force of attraction on the apple as the apple exerts on the earth.

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