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Weight does not affect how fast objects fall; it is the air resistance that they encounter that affects speed. For example a sheet of paper has a large surface area, so a large air resistance. Whereas a rock has a smaller surface area, so less air resistance (so falls quicker).
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∙ 15y agoLook at Galileo's experiment. The marble and the larger, heavier ball hit the ground at the same time. Gravity has the same pull on all objects.
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Which has more inertia hammer or feather?
A hammer would hit the ground first because a hammer is heavier
Why the coin touches the ground first than a feather?
Air drag. They would fall at the same speed in a vacuum.
Would a crumple paper ball or rectangular shape paper reach the ground?
tHE BALL OF PAPER WOULD REACH THE GROUND FIRST. tHE RECTANGLE SHAPE WILL REACH LATER DUE TO THE AIR FOIL EFFECT(float down). iN A VACUUM THEY WOULD DROP THE SAME. Gravity is 9.8 m/s2.
Will a baseball or basketball reach the ground first?
If dropped from the same height (a few meters), they would appear to hit the ground at the same time, according to the experiments of Galileo. However, this neglects air resistance on the basketball, which will slow it down more and cause it to hit the ground later (very slightly later). The baseball, which has a smaller area and therefore less air resistance, will hit the ground first.
How has the hammer changed over time?
I believe the hammer has changed from when other people first used stones to dig something in the ground to a big plank of wood to the hammer we have today. Not true.
Would a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks hit the ground first?
Bricks would hit the ground first for example a tv is about 30 pounds and the tv remote is about 5 pounds now multiply those by 5 5×5 is 25 and 30×5 is 150 now put that as pounds witch is heavier 25 or 150 its 150 so bricks would hit the ground first
Imagine an experiment in which a 16lb bowling ball and a 10lb bowling ball are dropped from the fifth floor at the same time The heavier ball will reach the ground first?
No. They will hit the ground at the same time. The inertia for the heavier ball will be greater, but the acceleration for both will be the same, and both would (if the air resistance is the same for both) hit at the same time.
How do you make objects of different masses to reach the ground at the same time?
You must let the lighter one go first then let the heavier one go. The heavier should then catch up.
If a 75kg person and a 200kg crate are each parachuted to earth from a plane which will hit the the ground first?
Provided that the parachute has the same surface area for both of the parachutist's, the 200kg man will hit the ground first due to the extra weight from the heavier man.
When a leaf and a coin are being dropped of the same time at the top of the building which of the two will hit the ground first and why?
A coin. It is heavier, and thus less affected by air resistance.
Which has more inertia hammer or feather?
A hammer would hit the ground first because a hammer is heavier
What would hit the ground first a human or a plane?
Depending were the human and the plane were at. if the human was on the ground and the plane in the air then the human, but lets say they are both 30,000 feet in the air. Both objects would begin to fall faster, then it gets to the point were they are going their "maximum" speed. But they weight between each objects will have an "impact" on who hits the ground first. The plane is obviously heavier than the person but gravity will come into play. There is a point were a falling object cannot go any faster. Most likely both objects will be falling at the same speed. So they could hit the ground at the same time.
A 75 kg person and a 200 kg crate are each parachuted to earth from a plane which will hit the ground first?
With parachutes and air resistance in the mix, the heavier object probably hits the ground first. If they were simply released from altitude and fell freely, without parachutes or air resistance, then they hit the ground at the same time, no matter how their masses or weights compare.
What would touch the ground first a feather or an paperclip?
In a vacuum they would reach the ground at the same time (assuming they are released at the same time and from the same height). When not in a vacuum, however, air resistance is acting on both items - and so the paperclip would touch the ground first.
Who would feel the ground shaking first in an earthquake?
i depends where the earthquake is.
What does memoralize mean?
something you would remember Example: My first trip to the water park was "memorable"
Who invented the airplane wing?
It would be said that the Wright Brother invented the airplane wing. They were the first to fly a heavier than air craft.
