In the absence of air friction, a 0.001-kg piece of paper and a 0.1-kg notebook are dropped from the same height and allowed to fall to the ground.How do their accelerations compare?
A) The accelerations are the same.
B) The notebook's acceleration is 100 times faster than the paper's acceleration.
C) The notebook's acceleration is 1,000 times faster than the paper's acceleration.
D) The paper's acceleration is 100 times faster than the notebook's acceleration.
E) The paper's acceleration is 1,000 times faster than the notebook's acceleration.

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In the absence of air friction, all objects fall with the same acceleration due to gravity, regardless of their mass.

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