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Question

If you drop 2000 pounds of iron off of a sky scraper and at the same exact time you drop 2200 pounds of feathers , which will fall first and why?

Answer 1

you dropped them at the same time so neither will fall first...

Answer 2

Iron.

Since you mentioned skyscraper, we cannot ignore air resistance. Now two forces would act on these objects. gravity and drag (atmospheric resistance).

The gravitational acceleration of these two are the same, but since the iron is way, way denser than the feathers (no matter how hard you compress the feathers) it will have a very small surface area. Surface area decides amount of drag. Its quite possible that the feathers would hit its terminal velocity early on while the iron would still be accelerating. Surface area is a major decider in atmospheric falls when it comes to comparing velocities

Iron wins.

Answer 3

In ideal situation
(without any additional force ''distrust" such as air, magnetic field or electric field )
Both of them will fall on the ground at the same time !

Why?
As my high school physics textbook explanation,
In ideal ...
When a stuff's falling down,
The gravity force is proportional to the mass
But the velocity and acceleration aren't

In reality, the iron will fall faster because feather will have much more resistance force

Answer 4

Assuming the 2000 pounds of iron is one big chunk, where are you going to find a 2200 pound feather, because that is what you would need to make this comparison.

2200 hundred pounds of individual feathers might never hit the ground depending on air resistance and prevailing winds.

Answer 5

depends on some things
1)if its in a vacuum- they will both fall and hit the ground at the same time since they both experience the gravitational field strength
2) if its not a vacuum and the feathers are in a bag and can not just fly off- then its might not be at the same time because different materials experience a different frictional force. but they wont be off by a lot.
3) if the feathers are not in a bag and are just dispersed then it would be the iron since the feathers would kind of glide and float due to the air's buoyancy

Answer 6

Assuming they meet equal air or any other type of resistance they would reach the ground at the exact same time, however because feathers are less dense they tend to fall slower in a more practical environment where gravity is not the only factor. But if gravity were the only factor they would land at the same time.

Answer 7

They both will fall at the same exact time because you are letting go of them at the same exact time. My question is are all of the feathers in a bunch or are they single, and is the iron in a mass or in seperate chunks. If they are both in a big mass then the 2200 lbs of feathers will hit the ground first because it weighs more than the 2000 pounds of iron. If the feathers are single and the 2000 lbs of iron are in chunks then it would depend how much the individual pieces weighed and they would land at different times.

Answer 8

Assuming it is an ideal problem that neglects air resistance, they both fall at the same rate and hit the ground simultaneously.

Without air resistance, the only factor in a vertical fall is the acceleration due to gravity. All bodies fall at the same rate.

Answer 9

Iron.