Imagine 2 objects, 1 is a 50kg dumbbell and 1 is a 1g feather, how is it possible that they will fall and touch the ground at the same speed and time assuming they are dropped from the same height?
I must be understanding this completely wrong.
Edit: I definitely understood it completely wrong because I did not know it only applied to objects in space. That makes much more sense.
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> I definitely understood it completely wrong because I did not know it only applied to objects in space. That makes much more sense.
It’s still partially true here on Earth. It was discovered first on Earth after all. In situations where air resistance is negligible (the objects are heavy enough and the drop is short enough), objects will essentially fall at the same speed.
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