If an apple falls from a tree and hit the earth. Is the weight considered as external force?
Also, when they are in contact and starts to collide, the apple or the earth is back, in other words, the distance after impact is larger than that when it is at the moment of impact.
However, the earth would have a force that pulling the apple coming towards it again after impact, and the velocity then is affected from the law of conservation of momentum and thus I consider weight is an external force,isn't it?
Any advice is treasure