A piece of paper is crumpled into a ball about the same size as a baseball.?

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A piece of paper is crumpled into a ball about the same size as a baseball.  The crumpled paper and the baseball are both released from rest 1.0 meter above the floor.  Both objects are now falling towards the floor.  Neglect air resistance (insignificant). Which object has the greater inertia?

			a.)  crumpled paper.
			b.)  baseball.
			c.)  same for both.
			d)  neither object has any inertia.
			e.)  other:								.

Defend your selection:

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

(B)  The baseball.  Inertia is mass.  They'll be falling at the same rate, but the baseball has more mass, thus more inertia.

vanwinkle · Answer

c. no longer which include air restistance All gadgets fall on the comparable gravity fee. I heard this guy proved it like 1000 years in the past via dropping 2 problems with the leaning tower of pisa and that they the two fell on the comparable time.

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A piece of paper is crumpled into a ball about the same size as a baseball.?

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