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Old 03-03-05 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by BlazingPedals
Exactly. Rate of acceleration is the same, but you have to take air resistance into account. The frontal area of a heavy person is almost identical to the frontal area of a light person. With more weight, the force of acceleration is more (it takes more force to accelerate a heavier weight at the same rate) but the impeding effect of air resistance is not more.
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