If a crumpled piece of notebook paper and a flat sheet of notebook paper are dropped at the same time from the same height, why does the crumpled piece of paper land first?
a
The flat paper has more mass.
b
The flat paper has more air resistance.
c
The crumpled paper has less mass.
d
The crumpled paper has more gravitational force exerted on it.
1 answer
b) The crumpled paper has more air resistance, which slows it down less than the flat paper, allowing it to fall faster and land first.