University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Newton's Laws of Motion - Problems - Discussion Questions - Page 123: Q4.23

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The 20-kg stone feels a greater pull due to gravity than the 10-kg stone. The pull is twice as great. Because the 20-kg mass has twice the inertia as the 10-kg mass, and F = ma, each of the masses has the same downward acceleration in freefall, because a = F/m. Twice the force and twice the mass means that the acceleration is the same.
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