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Would a penny and quarter hit the ground at the same time if they were thrown off the Empire State Building?
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∙ 15y ago
==== Not really. True that gravity affects all objects equally, but unless we're in a complete vacuum, we have to take into consideration wind resistance in the form of the ratio... surface area/mass. Which ever has the greatest surface area to mass ratio will fall slower than the one that has a lesser surface area to mass ratio. Take for instance, an ordinary plastic shopping bag. If you ball it up as tight as you can, you reduce the exposed surface area while keeping it's mass unchanged. If you drop it, it will fall to the ground quickly. If you open it up and flap it around and then drop it, it will float to the ground slowly. ====
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∙ 14y agoThe penny will hit the ground first. However, if there was no atmopsphere then they would both hit the ground at the same time.
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