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If i drop two identical balls from different heights, will they hit the floor at the same time?

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  • Jim
    Lv 7
    10 months ago
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    Dropped means let go, not tossed?

    If you consider wind resistance, and weight of the material, and internal gas density, I could make it work. Or if I could toss the first one up in the air, that could work too.

  • 10 months ago

    No. One will always hit before the other.

    If one is RED and the other is Blue, the Red one will hit first because Red is a faster color. We know this is true from Racing.

  • Anonymous
    10 months ago

    You mean, like from 1 foot vs 1 mile?

  • Anonymous
    10 months ago

    If the ball dropped from a higher height is thrown down with the right velocity compared to the second ball it's possible.  Dropped from rest and the height they fall is different, no.

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  • Nancy
    Lv 7
    10 months ago

    Only if the floor is uneven and at a pitch that exactly matches the pitch of an imaginary line bisecting each ball.

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