Object will fall at a rate (q 1+q 2)/(m 1+m 2). Objects, 1 and 2, with charges q 1, q 2, and m 1, m 2, the combined Q/m, where q is the charge and m is the mass.

In fact, the falling rate would be proportional to Things with zero charge would not fall no matter what Objects had masses and permanent charges, things would beĭifferent. Where the 'falling' was due to electrical forces, and The force involved, so it looks like it should work with any kind But, I think there is a slightįallacy in the argument. Since the 1kg ball will hold back the 10kg ball? Or will theĬombination fall faster, since it is now an 11kg object? Sinceīoth can't happen, the only possibility is that they were falling What will happen then? Will the combined object fall slower, Let us assume the 10kg ball falls faster than the 1kgīall, since it is heavier. The argument goes as follows: Assume we have a 10kg ball and aġkg ball. (The argument has nothing to do with air resistance, it isĪssumed to be absent.

To some famous scientist but I can't remember whom (Galileo?) Īnd I think it would be good to have it up here. Which makes everybody content - which does not belong to me, but The above answer is perfectly correct, but, this is a question thatĬonfuses many people, and they are hardly satisfied by us Michael Ewart, Researcher at the University of Southern California Which of the two reached the ground first unless you dropped them from aĪnswered by: Dr. Therefore, if you drop a pen and a bowling ball you could probably not tell In theĬase of a pen and a bowling ball air resistance is small compared to theįorce a gravity that pulls them to the ground. In air, a feather and a ball do not fall at the same rate.

When air resistance plays a role, the shape of the object becomes This statement follows from the law ofĬonservation of energy and has been demonstrated experimentally by droppingĪ feather and a lead ball in an airless tube. This means that two objects will reach the ground at the same time if they are dropped How far the object has fallen, no matter how heavy the object is. If no air resistance is present, the rate of descent depends only on Do falling objects drop at the same rate (for instance a pen and a bowlingīall dropped from the same height) or do they drop at different rates? I know a feather floats down very slowly but I would think a heavy object would fall faster thanĪ light object.

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