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In a vacuum, if a feather and a coin are dropped from the same height:
ACoin reaches first
BFeather reaches first
CBoth reach at the same time
DFeather floats away
✓ Correct Answer: C — Both reach at the same time
In vacuum, there is no air resistance, so all objects accelerate at the same rate due to gravity (g).
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