Why a coconut, a stone and a piece of paper fall on the ground at the same time if released from a height simultaneously?

They all have same mass

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They all have same density

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They all have the same volume

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They all have same acceleration during their motion

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Solution

The correct option is D They all have same acceleration during their motion
Acceleration due to gravity $(g)$ acts on the objects downwards so that the objects fall in downward direction. But this acceleration due to gravity $(g = 9.8 m / s^{2})$ is same for all the objects and thus all the objects fall with same rate irrespective of their masses.
Hence stone, a piece of paper and a coconut fall on the ground at the same time if released from a height simultaneously.

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