if I have a heavy object and a light object and I drop it from the same height which would hit the ground 1st?
A heavy object and a light object are dropped from rest at the same time .If air resistance is negligible , the heavier object will reach the ground :
1)before the lighter one
2) at the same time as the ligher object
3) after the lighter object
4) at the same time as the lighter object but will experience greater acceleration
Hoping to get an answer as soos as possible
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The mass of an object has no influence on the acceleration imparted on it by a uniform gravity field.
If the two objects are geometrically similar, they'd experience the same frictional drag on them during their fall.
In fact, on Apollo 15, a moon-walking astronaut dropped a hammer and a falcon feather from the same height at the same time. In the vacuum of space (no air on the moon) both hit the lunar dust at the same time. It was just a PR stunt, but it is a vivid illustration to the truth of the physics behind it.
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