A person is sitting in the centre of a platform that is rotating counter-clockwise. If they roll a ball toward a hole cut into its upper surface without allowing for the platform's rotation, the ball would

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If the platform was rotating counter-clockwise, the ball would overshoot the target, due to centrifugal force, and miss the hole to the right, due to the Coriolis force.

A Person Is Sitting in the Centre of a Platform