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  How does the force of attraction between the two bodies depend upon their masses and distance between them? A student thought that two bricks tied together would fall faster than a single one under the action of gravity. Do you agree with his hypothesis or not? Comment.                [NCERT Exemplar]

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                  This hypothesis is not correct. The two bricks like a single body, fall with the same speed to reach the ground at the same time in case of free fall. This is because acceleration due to gravity is independent of the mass of the falling body.