Question

Which of the following did Galileo Galilei believe?

a. heavy objects fall faster than lighter objects

b. all objects fall at the same rate

c. gravity does not exist

d. light objects fall faster than heavier objects

Answer 1

Galileo Galilei believed that:

**b. all objects fall at the same rate.**

Through his experiments, he demonstrated that in the absence of air resistance, all objects fall at the same acceleration regardless of their mass. This was a significant departure from the prevailing Aristotelian belief that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones.