Re: What falls faster one ponnd of bricks or one pound of feathers.

Hello Kyle,

   The pound of bricks would fall faster.  The reason the pound of bricks would 
fall faster has to do with the effect of air resistance and aerodynamics.  The 
bricks are more compact and dense and would fall faster than the pound of 
feathers.  The pound of feathers would have so much more surface area and lower 
density that they would fall much slower than the bricks.

   Now, if you take out the effect of air resistance, such as by conducting 
this experiment in a perfect vacuum, you would then observe the two to fall at 
the same speed.  Without the air there to provide resistance to the falling 
objects, the 1 pound of each material would fall equally fast and you would 
observe them hitting the floor at the same time (if released at the same 
time...)

I hope this answers your question Kyle.  Thanks for the submission...