if you drop a 1kg bag of feathers and a 1kg bag of sugar off a ten story building ?

Question

which would hit the ground first

Answer 1

A 1KG bag of feathers? thats a seriously huge bag.
It'll kill whoever it lands on thats for sure.
Air resistance would slow the feathers down more than the Sugar
course it also depends on which bag is the faster reader. (think about it then laugh)

Answer 2

If you dropped them from a ten story building ON THE MOON, they would both hit the ground at the same time because there is no atmosphere up there. On earth it would be the bag of sugar because sugar is more dense than feathers so the bag must be a different size therefore more wind resistance.

Do some research and I think you will find that about 70 odd years ago some scientist proved just this point in a vacuum chamber. He dropped a brick and a feather and both hit the ground at the same time.

Gravity makes all objects fall at the same speed.

Answer 3

If it is a ten story building in a vacuum, then they both hit at the same time, if it is on earth, most likely the feathers hit later since it is likely the bag is much bigger than the bag of sugar and more wind/air resistance is encountered etc. (Unless you found a special brand of really small dense feathers, such that the bag of feathers is the same size and shape as the sugar....). Another caveat - is it the same ten story building you dropped both off? A story is not a fixed distance. Also were you holding each item at the same level when you dropped them?

Answer 4

Okay, it doesn't matter that they weigh the same. If they're the same size, then they will hit at the same time, even if one of them weights 1000kg and the other one weights a gram.

However, the bag of feathers will be much larger than the bag of sugar, so the sugar will hit the ground first.

Answer 5

If done in a vacuum, they will hit at the same time. This was proven on the moon during the Apollo 15 mission.

If however, this is done in some other environment, such as an atmosphere, the sugar may hit the ground first.

Weight and/or mass will not determine the answer, the environment will.

Answer 6

in case you dropped them from a 10 tale construction on the MOON, they could the two hit the floor on the comparable time through fact there is not any environment up there. on earth it may be the bag of sugar through fact sugar is extra dense than feathers so the bag might desire to be a various length hence extra wind resistance. do a splash diagnosis and that i think of you will discover that approximately 70 marvelous years in the past some scientist proved in simple terms this element in a vacuum chamber. He dropped a brick and a feather and the two hit the floor on the comparable time. Gravity makes all gadgets fall on the comparable velocity.

Answer 7

Put it this way, if you put 1kg of sugar and 1kg of feathers in two seperate ldentical containers, and drop them at the same time off a ten storey building, guess what? need I go on? :o)

Answer 8

This was tried on the moon one of the astronauts (i forget who) dropped a feather and a hammer at the same time and they both hit the ground at the same time

Answer 9

Assuming air resistance negligible, they would land together as the time taken is not dependent on mass (not that it matters here).

However, if air resistance is considered, the bag of feathers would be slightly slower than the bag of sugar.

Answer 10

theoretically they would hit the ground at the same time since the same gravitational force would be acting on each. In practice however, the air drag will have a significant impact and will determine which will hit the ground first depending on the size of the package and the smoothness of the surface among other factors.