A heavy object falls with the acceleration as a light object during free fall. Why?

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23 September, 03:13

A heavy object falls with the acceleration as a light object during free fall. Why?

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Devan Bird · Answer 1

A heavy object falls with the acceleration as a light object during free fall because of acceleration due to gravity.

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A motion can be termed as free fall when the object is completely under the influence of gravity. So in this case, no other force will be acting on the object other than the gravitational force. As the gravity influences the object in free fall, the acceleration attained by any object in free fall is same. And this acceleration is termed as acceleration due to gravity. Since, the gravity gives the acceleration to every object experiencing free fall, then the acceleration should be constant. Thus, a heavy object and a light object will have same acceleration during free fall.