Question

1 Drop a paper of A4 size and a place of wood plastic about 2-3 inches long,
from a height more than 10 feet. Note the time for both to hit the ground. Now repeat
the experiment by folding the paper once, twice thrice (as many time as you can)
Why every time the travel time reduces for paper and remains the same for
wooden plastic plece. Does the paper at any stage hit ground before wooden plastic
picco? yes, then why?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Air resistance,

everytime the paper is folded its surface area or the area where the air hits it gets reduced thus its speed fall speed increases,

more precisely both fall in the same speed according to gravity 9.8m/s

but the air resistance affect them differently according to their mass.

so i guess it cant fall faster than or earlier than it but it can land the same as the wooden block ,

ignoring that the wind is not affecting their trajectory and theres no airbender around.

(HOPE I'M NOT WRONG)