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Re: dropping balls

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Originally Posted by Adam Y.
All of you are neglecting one thing and that's the fact that there should be pretty good cross winds when you drop the balls due to the effects of being ina city. This is the same reason why pennys never reach the bottom of the Empire State building. Im not sure how powerful these winds are but they might affect the outcome.
cross winds would have a more dramatic effect on the lighter of the two balls, and therefore wouldn't affect which one would reach the ground first. now if there was a powerful enough downdraft, and it was a relativly short drop, maybe the lighter of the two would hit the ground first.
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