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Subject: Will 2 falling objects of diiferent mass hit at the same time?

Date: Sat Apr 4 05:28:58 1998
Posted by James Daigle
Grade level: undergrad
School: No school entered.
City: No city entered. State/Province: Texas
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Area of science: Physics
ID: 891689338.Ph
Message:

 This is an ongoing argument at work. I said that as long as air 
friction was the same, as in an aluminum ball and a lead ball, they 
would hit at the same time. My coworkers disagree. Unfortunately, when 
we tested, we used styrofoam vs steel. The steel hit first. I told 
them this was due to bouyancy. They disagree. Could we get this 
settled in very simple physics terms. Please note that everyone has an 
associates or higher technical degree and we have argued this for 
weeks. They keep trying to use terminal velocity and saying that the 
heavier object has more force to overcome air friction. Someone does 
not understand basic physics. Can you tell us who?


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