If you drop a sheet of paper and a book side by side, not surprisingly the book falls faster than the paper. If you place the paper against the lower surface of the raised book and again drop them at the same time, they hit the floor at the same time. The book simply pushes the paper with it as it falls. Repeat, but with the paper on top of the book, and not sticking over its edge. How will the accelerations of the book and paper compare? Will these objects separate and fall differently? Or will they have the same acceleration? Try it and see! Then explain what happens.

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