If you were to drop a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers, which one would land first?

Question

Think about it stupid!

Answer 1

It depends on where you are releasing them ... if you do it in open atmosphere on earth, brick will land first, if released at a place where no resistance of air (say Moon) .. both will land at the same time... and if they are released at a place where there is no gravitational force working ... nothing will land ... all will be lavitating ... :) cool this is a physics question .. not a math... hmmmm :)

Answer 2

Since the density of the feathers is much much lower than the bricks, the bag would be larger and thus have a greater surface area. This would cause more air resistance as the bag of feathers fell versus the bag of bricks. Therefore, the bag of bricks would land first.

However, in a vaccum: they would both land at the same time.

Answer 3

Ton of bricks due to aerodynamics. If you dropped two boxes, one containing a ton of bricks and the other a ton of feathers (so that there would be no difference in air flow), or if you dropped them in a vaccuum (to eliminate the air flow variable), they would strike at precisely the same moment.

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and stop calling me 'stupid', shirley!

Answer 4

If you dropped them both at the same time the bricks would land first, unless it was in a vacuum with no air resistance, (like on the moon), then they would both land together.

Answer 5

those birds whose feathers make up the ton will not let their precious 'clothes' dropped.
So the bricks will land first.

Answer 6

The bricks! Being much heavier, more gravity acts on them( I assume that it is not a vaccum! In a vaccum objects will fall at the same speed, regardless of mass). By the way, this is a Science question, or to be more specific, Physics, not Mathematics!

Answer 7

Actually i know where your going with this...but it would be the bricks..the feathers would catch more air on the way down and not fall as fast....

Answer 8

theoreticaly, at the same time. practically, as ton of feathers has larger volume, increasing air resistance, bricks would land first

Answer 9

In a vacuum, they'd land at the same time. In an atmosphere, the bricks would get there first.

Which would you rather have land on you?


Doug

Answer 10

If they were all bundled up together, at the same time. Otherwise, if they were allowed to seperate in the air, the bricks would fall first, as the feahters would seperate and catch the air; hence falling slower to the earth.