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The simple answer is no. If you look at the equation of motion for a falling object, you can see that it doesn't depend on the weight of the objest. All objects fall with the same acceleration regardless of their size or shape.

Keep in mind though that this neglects air friction. If you consider air friction, then the steel ball would fall faster since it is denser. In other words, the lighter rubber ball would get slowed down by the air more. This is unlikely to have much effect if you drop the two balls a small distance; however, if you dropped them out of an airplane the steel ball would likely land much sooner than the rubber ball.

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