Asked by melissa

Calculate Earth's force of gravity on each of two steel balls of masses 6.0kg and 12.0kg

I the forces of gravity on the 12-kg ball is greater than that on the other ball, why do the two balls accelerate at the same rate when dropped?
Answered by drwls
The weight force (in newtons) is the mass (in kg) multiplied by the acceleration of gravity (g), which is 9.8 m/s^2.

The 6.0 kg mass weighs 58.8 N and the 12.0 kg mass weights 117.6 N.

Different masses accelerate at the same rate because
accleration = Weight/Mass = g
Answered by Melissa
Any my text book for the 12.0kg steel ball it says the answer is 1.2*10^2N, not 117.6N how did they get that answer?
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