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An iron ball and a wooden ball of the same radius are released from a height ‘ h ’ in vacuum. The time taken by both of them to reach the ground is

A

exactly equal

B

roughly equal

C

unequal

D

nothing can be decided

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A
In vacuum both the bodies will be accelerated equally by the gravitational pull of earth and both will reach the ground simultaneously.
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