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Newton's second law for the gravity force - weight - can be expressed as
F = m g (1)
where
F = force (weight)
m = mass
g = acceleration of gravity
A dropped object accelerates to a speed of 9.81 m/s or 32.174 ft/s This known as terminal velocity.
So g=9.81 ( a given constant)
distance is expressed as
Distance = .5(acceleration)(time^2) as long as initial velocity is 0.
All these values are given in a vacuum so things like aerodynamic resistance will have no effect.
Knowing all these tells us weight has no effect. Weight is actually mass times gravity.
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