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A student was plotting the retrograde motion of Mars and made two mistakes as shown in the following two figures: (a) Below is what the student did while plotting the positions of Earth. What mistake(s) did the student make? Explain your answer. (b) Below is what the student did while plotting the positions of Mars. What mistake(s) did the student make? Explain your answer.

          A student was plotting the retrograde motion of Mars and made two mistakes as shown in the
following two figures:
(a) Below is what the student did while plotting the positions of Earth. What mistake(s) did the
student make? Explain your answer.
(b) Below is what the student did while plotting the positions of Mars. What mistake(s) did the
student make? Explain your answer.

A student was plotting the retrograde motion of Mars and made two mistakes as shown in the
following two figures:
(a) Below is what the student did while plotting the positions of Earth. What mistake(s) did the
student make? Explain your answer.
(b) Below is what the student did while plotting the positions of Mars. What mistake(s) did the
student make? Explain your answer.

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University Physics with Modern Physics

Hugh D. Young 14th Edition

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A student was plotting the retrograde motion of Mars and made two mistakes as shown in the following two figures. Below is what the student did while plotting the positions of Earth. What mistake(s) did the student make? Explain your answer. b) Below is what the student did while plotting the positions of Mars. What mistake(s) did the student make? Explain your answer. Mars on day 1