Aristotle thought that the heavier object drops faster, and a majority of people
in 2013 probably still do.
The way gravity actually works, however, is that if air resistance can be ignored,
then everything from a piece of tissue to a battleship hits the ground at the
same time, having accelerated at the same rate and matched their speed at
every point during their fall.
If a penny and a text book were dropped in a vacuum then they will both hit the ground at the same time. This refers to Newton's laws. If they are dropped at the same time on earth then the text book would hit the ground first.
A) the dropped one hits the ground first B) the tossed one hits harder
If there is no air, the same exact time. But because its on earth, the less dense and less aerodynamic one will land slightly after. Acceleration is about -9.8 meters per second every second
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If you dropped them at the same time than they would land at the same time. Seperate/ at differing times would be the one you dropped first would land first ;)
Discounting any friction with the air, they would both hit the ground at the same time.
Assuming both were dropped from the same height above ground, in a vacuum both would hit the ground at the same time. In a significant atmosphere (e.g. average ground-level on Earch) the bowling ball would hit the ground first.
All objects dropped from the same height will hit the ground at the same time, regardless of their mass or shape, as long as air resistance is negligible. Thus, the marble, textbook, and flaming stick will hit the ground simultaneously.
Neither ... they would fall together.
Depends on which one is dropped first. If they are both dropped at the same time, they will both reach the ground at the same time.
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.
as done in Galileo's experiment when he dropped a large rock and a feather from a tall tower both hit the ground at the same moment when dropped from the same height.
Assuming that each object is held with its center of gravity at the same height, and that each is dropped cleanly, with no rotation induced, the one whose lowest part is closest to the ground when dropped will hit first.
If a penny and a text book were dropped in a vacuum then they will both hit the ground at the same time. This refers to Newton's laws. If they are dropped at the same time on earth then the text book would hit the ground first.
They would both hit at the exact same time; if you let them go at the exact same time.
Whichever you drop first will fall first and hit the ground first.If you drop them at exactly the same time from the sameplace, they fall together and hit the ground together.
They both hit the ground at the same time.