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why does something fall faster if it is heavier?

➪ First of all I would like to inform you that this statement is not true. The acceleration does not depend on the mass of the object. Heavier things have a greater gravitational force AND heavier things have a lower acceleration. It turns out that these two effects exactly cancel to make falling objects have the same acceleration regardless of mass.

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According to Newton's second law

[tex]\\ \rm\rightarrowtail F=ma[/tex]

  • F denotes to force
  • m denotes to mass
  • a denotes to acceleration

[tex]\\ \rm\rightarrowtail F\propto m[/tex]

  • If mass is more force of gravity is more.

[tex]\\ \rm\rightarrowtail m\propto \dfrac{1}{a}[/tex]

  • If mass is more acceleration is less or air resistance is less .

So heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones .

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