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Old 03-09-2016, 12:30 PM   #95
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Originally Posted by Ashikabi View Post
But the force of gravity is the same.

The force of gravity is proportional to mass*. The acceleration is inversely proportional to the mass**. Hence, acceleration due to gravity is independent of mass. Come on guys, this is know since the times of Galileo.



* gravitational mass and **inertial mass, but according to Einstein equivalence principle these two are identical.
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