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According to Newton's law of gravitation,earth's gravitational force is higher on an object of larger mass why doesn't that object fall down with higher velocity as compared to an object with lower mass?

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Gravitation force equation is given by F= mg , hence Force directly proportional to mass of Object.

But for an object to fall down with higher Velocity The only deciding factor is the acceleration.
In the case of Gravitational Force F=mg , accelration is g which is independent of Mass.
Hence objects with higer mass does not fall with higher velocity.

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