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Two spherical bobs, one metallic and other of glass, of the same size are allowed to fall freely from the same height above the ground. Which of the two would reach the ground earlier and why ?

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Out of two, glass ball would reach earlier as there would be a force acting upward due to eddy currents on metallic ball being conducting due to earth's magnetic field.
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