A man and an elephant jump from a plane with the same size parachutes, what is the result?

Answer 1

The elephant should be down faster than the man:

The higher mass will fall faster, just imagine, a parachute carrying a 1 pound weight will fall slower than the same carrying a car.

Imagine doing this experiment with one of the parachuting toys soldiers and yourself, only a slight difference in scale. (use the napkin)

It better be a chute built for the elephant!

Hope the chute is opened by the jump!

In a twisted mind the guy dies: to llitle weight for the chute to work well.

Answer 2

the parachute does nothing in the problem the elephant has more mass therefore more downward pull is exerted on the parachutes making the elephant land first. A man wearing a parachute will fall slower than an elephant wearing the same size parachute who is 4 times larger than the man.

Now if the man and elephant were the same size then they would land at the same time.

Or if the elephant jumped a few seconds or so depending on the height of the airplane before the man then they would probably land at the same time.

Answer 3

Weight has nothing to do with the velocity of free fall, it is constant; however, if there is wind resistance of the object, it may affect the speed.
If this elephant wears the chute same as the man's chute, then the chute is too small for the elephant. The chute must be proportion to the weight of one thing to have a good landing even with different sizes. Therefore, the elephant goes down first.

Answer 4

The elephant will land first because his weight is more and if the thing is lighter the parachute will be more slow because of the air. All depends on the air blowing.

Answer 5

elephant falls and levels the building with everyone in it, the man has a safe landing
if the parachute is umbrella sized, both die

Answer 6

Hi. The guy in the elephant sized chute will have a real gentle landing.

Answer 7

If this was on the moon, the same time.

If it's on earth, the elephant hits first b/c it has more weight and air resistance affects the elephant less.

Answer 8

The man will be able to see what the ground condition is like, long before he gets near the ground.

A usefull trick that was often used by british paratroopers to avoid swampy areas in africa and india.

Answer 9

they should in theory land at the same time. but when you put into consideration air resistence and density then the elephant will land first.

Answer 10

they will fall/land @ the same time becuz when ur r falling ur weightless until u reach the ground