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2. It is said that Galileo dropped objects off the Leaning Tower of Pisa to determine whether heavy or light objectsıfall faster. If Galileo had dropped a 5.0-kg cannon ball to the ground from a height
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2. It is said that Galileo dropped objects off the Leaning Tower of Pisa to determine

whether heavy or light objectsıfall faster. If Galileo had dropped a 5.0-kg cannon ball to
the ground from a height of 12 m, what was the gravitational potential energy of the
cannon ball before he dropped it?

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neither fell first because they both fell with the same gravitational pull

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8?

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