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A
The heavier object
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B
The lighter object
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C
They hit at the same time
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D
Neither falls
Why this is the answer
Ignoring air resistance, all objects fall with the same acceleration due to gravity (about 9.8 m/s²) regardless of their mass, so two objects dropped from the same height at the same time hit the ground at the same moment. This famous principle means a heavy ball and a light ball fall together in a vacuum. In real life, air resistance can slow lighter or less dense objects (like a feather), but the question specifies ignoring air resistance. Understanding that gravity accelerates all masses equally is a classic force-and-motion concept on the Mechanical Comprehension subtest.
Source: ASVAB MC, Gravity and Falling Objects