Question

Gravitational force acts on all objects in proportion to their masses. Why then, a heavy object does not fall faster than a light object?

Answer 1

Well, it's because the air offers much greater resistance to the falling motion of the feather than it does to the brick. ... Galileo discovered that objects that are more dense, or have more mass, fall at a faster rate than less dense objects, due to this air resistance. A feather and brick dropped together.

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