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- In real life, heavier objects sometimes fall faster than light objects, but not because of gravity. Gravity makes all objects increase their speed at the same rate, regardless of how big they are.
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Oct 16, 2013 · Heaver objects fall faster. If you drop a heavy and light object together, the heavy one will get to the ground first. This is trick question. I remember in physics that everything falls...
Heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects. Why some people say it's true: If a feather and an egg are dropped, then the egg will reach the ground first. Why some people say it's false: Acceleration due to gravity is independent of the mass of the object.
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Using your definition of "falling," heavier objects do fall faster, and here's one way to justify it: consider the situation in the frame of reference of the center of mass of the two-body system (CM of the Earth and whatever you're dropping on it, for example).
Free-fall is the motion of objects that move under the sole influence of gravity; free-falling objects do not encounter air resistance. More massive objects will only fall faster if there is an appreciable amount of air resistance present.
A heavy block of wood, mass 2 kilogram, is clearly being pulled down with a greater force of gravity (about 20 newton) than a lighter piece of wood, mass 1 kilogram (about 10 newton). It seems clear to most that this larger force will make the heavy object fall faster.
In real life, heavier objects sometimes fall faster than light objects, but not because of gravity. Gravity makes all objects increase their speed at the same rate, regardless of how big they are. But if you drop 2 things outside, the air molecules may slow down one thing more than another.
