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if the gravitational force act on all our body in proportion to the masses why does not a heavy heavy body fall faster than the light body

if the gravitational force act on all our body in proportion to the masses why does not a heavy heavy body fall faster than the light body

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shahab shikoh
askIITians Faculty 25 Points
3 years ago
Take an example of earth and apple, they attract each other with equal forces, let us say F but we see apple falling down but we don’t see earth going up. Now, which one will move faster, it depends on acceleration and acceleration is given by a = F/M where M is the mass of the object . Mass of earth is very high 6*10^24 kg. Due to this heavy mass, acceleration of earth would be like 0.00000000(something) which is practically zero. As far as Apple is concerned, its mass is very less and so acceleration is significant and it is 9.8 m/s2. I hope that satisfies your question. Thanks
Vikas TU
14149 Points
3 years ago
The reason that a heavy body doesn't fall faster than a light body is because the greater gravitational force on the heavier body (its weight), acts on a correspondingly greater mass (inertia). The ratio of gravitational force to mass is the same for every body – hence all bodies in free fall accelerate equally.

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