why does toast always fall buttered side down?

Question

Every time i drop toast guarentee it falls buttered side down, why is that, is it something to do with murphy's law what ever that is when it's at home.

Answer 1

The butter and bread are two seperate layers of substances with individual densities. Objects with heavier densities drop faster than objects with lighter denisities.

Answer 2

Obviously you didn't see the Mythbusters episode about buttered toast.

They found that when toast falls from the table, it's a limited height. Consequently, the toast only has time to do a half rotation and air resistance is never a factor. Most people put their toast buttered-side up on the table, so that means it lands buttered-side down.

When they dropped toast from a significant height, though, it tended to fall buttered-side *up* significantly more often because of air resistance: the concave side of the toast turned up because the flat side was more aerodynamic.

This means you've got two choices if you want toast to land buttered-side up:

1. Put it on the table buttered-side down.

2. Buy a table 5 metres (16 feet) tall.

Answer 3

It's a myth. They proved that the distance the toast travels, and how it falls, decides what side it lands on. The shorter the distance the less times the toast can turn in the air. If you drop toast from a higher distance the toast is allowed to turn over in the air more. Toast is just like a coin, 50/50 chance.

Answer 4

I has to do with the butter side weighing more and the fact the breat is holey (little holes can be seen on the bread). When you spread butter on the bread, if fills the holes, reducing air flow that can move in and out of the tiny holes. Since the unbuttered side still has air moving through it when you drop it, it creates lift on that side of the bread, causing the butter side to land on the floor

Answer 5

hmm I would think because the butter is more dense than the air that would fill the spaces on the other side of the toast. Therefore the buttered side would fall faster because it has the -----feather vs a brick---- effect.

Answer 6

You must clean your floors a lot because everyone knows that the percentage chance of the bread landing butter side up is inversely proportional to how long it has been since the floor was cleaned.

Answer 7

Have you done an experiment to test that theory? You may be surprised at the answer. Run several trials. Be sure to clean up the floor with detergent!

Answer 8

I would imagine because the side with the butter is heavier and denser.

Answer 9

It doesn't. They actually did a Mythbuster's episode on this and the results were about 50/50.

Answer 10

Murphy's law???