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the gravitational force is the same but it has more air resistance.
When a parachute is dropped, its large surface area interacts with air, creating a significant amount of air resistance (drag) that opposes its fall. This air resistance slows down the parachute's descent compared to smaller, denser objects like a ball or pencil, which experience much less air resistance due to their shape and size. As a result, while all objects fall under the influence of the same gravitational force, the parachute takes longer to reach the ground because the air resistance it encounters is much greater.
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