Physics
Class 9
Free fall
Why do objects of different masses fall at the same rate when dropped from the same height?
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uniboardhub
4 months ago
In the absence of air resistance, gravity pulls everything with the same acceleration, 9.8 m/s². A hammer and a feather would fall equally fast in a vacuum — as famously demonstrated on the Moon by astronaut David Scott!
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