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I'm assuming you're asking about if you drop them both from the same height. They will hit the ground at almost the same time, although the Bowling ball might encounter more air resistance and land slightly (very very slightly) earlier.

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The reason for this is that the acceleration due to gravity is proportional to each object's mass and inversely proportional to their distance squared. So, even though one object may have more weight due to its larger mass, it also takes more acceleration (f = ma) to get it up to the same speed. In fact, if you drop a feather and a bowling ball at the same time from the same height in a vacuum, they will indeed land at the same time.

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