Jonny0Than t1_j296li6 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 3:41 PM Reply to comment by seriousnotshirley in Before Newton, how did people explain falling apples? by maugustus >it doesn't matter of the gravity of earth is acting on apples or bowling balls, the force is the same! Think you swapped a word here: the *acceleration* is the same - the force is proportional to mass. Permalink Parent 25
Jonny0Than t1_j296li6 wrote
Reply to comment by seriousnotshirley in Before Newton, how did people explain falling apples? by maugustus
>it doesn't matter of the gravity of earth is acting on apples or bowling balls, the force is the same!
Think you swapped a word here: the *acceleration* is the same - the force is proportional to mass.