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प्रश्न
Take a 5 rupee coin and a small piece of paper. The paper should be about one-fourth the size of the coin.
- Hold the coin in one hand and the paper in the other. Drop them at the same time. What happened?
- Now place the tiny paper on the coin and drop them. What happened this time? Surprised!
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उत्तर
- In the first case, the coin fell down more quickly than the piece of paper.
- In the second case, both paper and coin fell down at the same time.
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