Why is the air resistance on the sheet of paper greater thenon the same piece of

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Why is the air resistance on the sheet of paper greater thenon the same piece of paper wadded into a ball. Since they have thesame mass they should experience the same amount of airresistance when they reach terminal velocity (even thoughthere terminal velocity will be different). Or am Imisunderstanding the problem. Why is the air resistance on the sheet of paper greater thenon the same piece of paper wadded into a ball. Since they have thesame mass they should experience the same amount of airresistance when they reach terminal velocity (even thoughthere terminal velocity will be different). Or am Imisunderstanding the problem.

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the air resistance also depends on the shape of theobject. the more area an object offers to wind, the higher is theresistance. that's why opening a parachute increases the air resistancesignificantly. hope this helps!

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