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- Heavy objects fall at the same rate (or speed) as light ones. The acceleration due to gravity is about 10 m/s 2 everywhere around earth, so all objects experience the same acceleration when they fall. Acceleration is the change in speed in a second, so if all objects have the same acceleration, they experience the same change in speed.
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