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Subject: which shapes falls the slowest

Date: Fri Dec 31 12:39:47 2004
Posted by Susan
Grade level: 10-12 School: Centennial hs
City: corona State/Province: ca Country: usa
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1104518387.Ph
Message:

I've already checked the archives and i haven't found anything useful so I was 
hoping that someone could answer this.

Say that a shape had to be only less than ten inches all around, which shape 
would fall the slowest (create the most drag)? 
would a sphere fall slower if it was bigger than a cube or would the cube's 
flat sides create more air resistance? 
Would a combination of the two shapes create the slowest fall? 

assume that the cube and the triangle are slightly lighter than the sphere 
because they are smaller than the sphere. 


Thanks!


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