A 4 kg bowling ball is dropped from a building, and accelerates down toward the earth at 9.8 m/s^2. Next, a 8 kg bowling ball is dropped from the same building. What acceleration will it experience?  A. 9.8 m/s^2 B. 19.6 m/s^2  C. 4.9 m/s^2  D. It cannot be determined

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A 4 kg bowling ball is dropped from a building, and accelerates down toward the earth at 9.8 m/s^2. Next, a 8 kg bowling ball is dropped from the same building. What acceleration will it experience? 

A. 9.8 m/s^2

B. 19.6 m/s^2 

C. 4.9 m/s^2 

D. It cannot be determined 

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