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ur dada so buff he falls significantly faster than g (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The bowling ball isn’t falling to the earth faster. The higher perceived acceleration is due to the earth falling toward the bowling ball.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

But what weighs more:

A ton of bowling balls or a ton of feathers? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

That's a trick question. Feathers have lower density than bowling balls; a ton of feathers would have a larger volume compared to the same mass in bowling ball, thus the feathers are heavier

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Why does a larger volume mean the feathers are heavier?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because big

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So a beach ball weights more than a bowling ball?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If they have the same mass, yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

If they have the same mass they weigh the same until you blow up the beach ball and are weighing the beach ball + the air inside.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You know, I'm not strong willed enough to keep going, but this comment thread is starting to remind me of this post