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Two astronauts A and B connected with a rope stay stationary in free space relative to their spaceship. Mass of A is more than that of B and the rope is straight. Astronaut A statas pulling the rope but astronaut B does not. If you were the third astronaut in the spaceship, what do you observe?

A

Astronaut B accelerates towards A and A remains stateionery.

B

Both accelerate towards each other with equal accelerations of equal modulus.

C

Both accelerate towards each other but acceleration of B is greater than that of A.

D

Both accelerate to wards each other but acceleration of B is smaller than that of A.

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