Imagine 2 objects, 1 is a 50kg dumbbell and 1 is a 1g feather, how is it possible that they will fall and touch the ground at the same speed and time assuming they are dropped from the same height?
I must be understanding this completely wrong.
Edit: I definitely understood it completely wrong because I did not know it only applied to objects in space. That makes much more sense.
In: 0
This phenomenon only occurs in a space completely devoid of air. When released in a vacuum with no air resistance they will fall at the same rate because gravity acts on the two bodies uniformly no matter the weight difference. The reason this cannot occur in an open air environment is because the force of the air resistance on the feather from all direction is enough to counteract gravity. The bowling ball, on the other hand, with a higher weight class can now through the air resistance forces.
Latest Answers