Which falls faster: a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?

Question

bricks feathers

Answer 1

if they are both a pound then they fall the same

Answer 2

A pound of bricks because a pound of bricks is smaller than a pound of feathers an has less wind resistance when falling

this theary was tested by a TV show

Unless the feathers were compressed into the same cubic measurements of the bricks

Answer 3

If their mass is the same (1 pound = 1 pound) and gravity is the same (they are both on the same planet) then the only variable is wind resistance. This can be maipulated in the feathers through packaging. If you compress them to have less surface area than the brick then they will fall faster. If they are packaged in a manner that allows them more volume than the brick, the brick will fall faster.

Answer 4

I would have to say a pound of bricks because one brick weighs more than one feather... so it would be logical if the bricks would fall faster.

but if some how the feathers went faster or is the same rate... that blows me away =0

Answer 5

Bricks

Answer 6

If you dropped a tennis ball and a bowling ball, they would fall at the same rate. This is different because there is air resistance applied on the feathers. Bricks will fall faster.

Answer 7

It depends are the bricks and feathers in like a bag or are falling seperately, if they are in a bag they would fall the same but if not the bricks would fall faster

Answer 8

In a vacuum, they both fall at the same rate if there is a gravitational body like the Earth to make them "fall" in the first place. In the Earth's atmosphere, the pound of bricks would squash your toes before the feathers even tickled your nose.

Answer 9

Bricks

Answer 10

Technically, they would fall at the same rate. Gravity is the same ratio, regardless of the product. However, you need to take aerodynamics into effect. The feathers will catch air and fall slower. Now if you stick the pound of feathers into a big sack and tie it up then the air isn't going to catch the feathers the same was as when they are floating by themselves.

Answer 11

It would depend on several physical variables such as wind resistance, gravity, surface area, and how the feathers were "assembled". Let us assume a single brick weighs one pound and We have the feathers in a clump. If both have equal surface area and both weigh one pound, then they would fall at equal velocities. On the other hand if the feathers were dropped and they were all loose their greater surface area would create more wind resistance therefore slowing them down significantly.