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A sandbag hangs from a rope attached to a rising hot air balloon. The rope connecting th...

A sandbag hangs from a rope attached to a rising hot air balloon. The rope connecting the bag to the balloon is cut. How will two observers see the motion of the sandbag? Observer 1 is in the hot air balloon and observer 2 is on the ground.

(a) Both 1 and 2 will see it go down.

(b) 1 will see it go down and 2 will see it go up.

(c) 1 will see it go down and 2 will see it go up and then down.

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