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.

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In the absence of air friction, both objects experience the same acceleration due to gravity, which is approximately 9.8 m/s^2. The mass of an object does not affect its acceleration in freefall. Therefore, the accelerations of the paper and the notebook are the same.

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