The attractive force between Earth and a large boulder will be greater than the attractive force between the Earth and a golf ball. However, the acceleration during free-fall of the golf ball and the boulder will still remain the same if they were dropped from the same height.

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The magnitude of the attractive force is proportional to the masses of the two objects and therefore would be greater between the Earth and a boulder than between the Earth and a golf ball. However if both objects were dropped to the Earth at the same distance from the centre of the Earth, the two would still accelerate towards the ground at the same rate.

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