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Chapter 2, Figure 9
Figure 2.9
The speed
of a falling object is set by the local gravity and does not depend on the
object's mass. Thus, in a tube pumped free of air to remove the effects of
air resistance, a feather and an apple both fall at the same rate, as the
photograph shows.
