Drop a paper a piece of thermocol and a piece of plastic from a height of 10 to 15 feet not the time for each object to hit the ground why does paper take more time than thermocol and thermocol more than the plastic piece make the paper to fell down in such a way that it should hit the ground before all of them and how does it happen

Explanation:

According to Newton's law of gravitation , all objects should take same time to fall from same height , but it does not happen when we see a paper , a thermocol and a plastic paper to fall .

It happens due to air resistance . In case of paper , this is most pronounced , so it falls slowest . In case of plastic paper , the resistance is least so it falls fastest .

If we squeeze the piece of paper to make a lump so that it does not remain flat , it will fall the fastest , because in this case the air resistance on it becomes the least .