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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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