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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Air Resistance: Crumpled vs. Flat


Crumple one sheet of paper into a ball and keep a second sheet flat. Drop both pieces of paper from the same height.

The crumpled piece of paper will fall to the ground faster, because it has a small surface area, thus comes in contact with fewer air molecules and is subject to less air resistance.

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