Consider a bowling alley inside a rotating space torus (huge "donut").Compared to your bowling experience on earth,you will notice that the ball
A)feels lighter when you throw it in the direction of the moving alley,and heavier when you throw it in the opposite direction.
B)feels heavier when you throw it in the direction of the moving alley,and lighter when you throw it in the opposite direction.
C)veers to the right when you throw it in the direction of the moving alley,and to the left when you throw it in the opposite direction.
D)none of these

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In a rotating space torus, the centrifugal force acts in the outward direction, away from the center of rotation. When you throw the ball in the direction of the moving alley (i.e., with the direction of rotation), the ball experiences an additional force due to the centrifugal force, making it feel heavier. Conversely, when the ball is thrown in the opposite direction of the alley's motion (i.e., against the direction of rotation), the centrifugal force opposes the ball's motion, making it feel lighter. Therefore, the ball feels heavier when thrown in the direction of the moving alley, and lighter when thrown in the opposite direction.

Consider a Bowling Alley Inside a Rotating Space Torus (Huge