Motion of particle if gravitational charge-mass ratio is changed

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Two particles are falling in a lab frame. The charge to mass ratio of particle one is held at 1, while the charge to mass ratio of particle 2 is changed from 1 to 0.5. How does the motion of the second particle changed with respect to the first. Would this change cause particle 2 to interact with the gravitational field resulting in faster acceleration or slower acceleration?
 
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Charge of what? Gravitational charge? In Newtonian mechanics, this would change the acceleration. In General Relativity, this is not possible, gravitational charge and mass are always proportional to each other.
 
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