If you have 2 iron spheres and a magnet, the lighter sphere will move first to the magnet. But with earths gravity fall tests we know that every object falls with the same speed when dropped no matter theirs weight. What makes it different?
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In the case of gravity, that’s the only force you’re talking about.
Say you’ve got a large metal ball and a small metal ball in a table and introduce a magnet. The magnetic force is not acting in a vacuum. It is fighting against gravity at a 90 degree angle.
That is, the large ball with the higher mass is more inclined to stay where it is, because it has a greater downward force to compete with the sideways force of magnetism.
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