It’s a lot warmer now
Than it is during an ice age
Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. As such, perceptions of objects and time change as they approach light speed, but the laws of physics remain consistent regardless of speed. Objects will appear shortened and time will appear to slow down around an observer approaching near light speeds, but all quantities still exist as they did before and all causality is preserved, even if observers in different points or traveling at different speeds will report different things.
Answer:
a). Determine the magnitude of the gravitational force exerted on each by the earth.
Rock: 
Pebble: 
(b)Calculate the magnitude of the acceleration of each object when released.
Rock: 
Pebble: 
Explanation:
The universal law of gravitation is defined as:
(1)
Where G is the gravitational constant, m1 and m2 are the masses of the two objects and r is the distance between them.
<em>Case for the rock </em>
<em>:</em>
m1 will be equal to the mass of the Earth
and since the rock and the pebble are held near the surface of the Earth, then, r will be equal to the radius of the Earth
.

Newton's second law can be used to know the acceleration.

(2)

<em>Case for the pebble </em>
<em>:</em>

