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When dropped from the same height why does a flat sheet of paper fall more slowly than the same sheet when it is tightly crumpled into a ball?
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∙ 12y ago
A Crumpled sheet of paper falls faster than flat sheet because a flat sheet has a relatively greater exposed surface area and hence experiences more resistance from air or the medium in which it travels.
Although an upward buoyant force acts on the flat sheet but it is negligible in magnitude and hence can be considered to be zero until and unless the calculations require a very high degree of accuracy such as experimenting with fundamentals of pure sciences.
Patrick Stolz
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe reason a flat sheet of paper and a wad of paper with the same mass will fall at different rates is because of resistance. The wad has a smaller surface area than the sheet causing it to catch less wind and fall faster.
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∙ 12y agoBecause of air resistance. The flat sheet will catch the air, and sink slowly down, while the crumpled ball will just plough through the air. The same is with feathers vs a rock; the feather catches the air.
A study was done on the Moon, where a feather was dropped at the same time as a rock, and they both hit the ground at the same time, because there is no air therefor no resistance, on the Moon.
Hope it helped! =)
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∙ 15y agoBecause gravity has a better hold on the boulder because it's so big.
cuz a piece of paper is lighter so it will float!
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because it is more lighter than the crumpled one. and its density is much lighter.
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