JEE Main Physics question
**Statement I:** Two bodies of masses M and m (M > m) are allowed to fall from the same height; if the air resistance for each is the same, then both the bodies will reach the earth simultaneously. **Statement II:** Acceleration due to gravity does not depend on the mass of a freely falling body.
Answer: (D)
Solution
With the same (absolute) air-resistance force F acting on each body, the net acceleration is a = g − F/m, which depends on the body's mass through this resistive term: it is larger for the heavier body M (since F/M < F/m), so M falls faster and reaches the ground first. The two bodies do NOT arrive simultaneously,
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