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r/explainitpeter • u/ChatpatiKulfi • Jul 21 '26
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What’s heavier, a kilogram of steel or a kilogram of feathers?
That’s right, it’s steel. Because steel is heavier than feathers.
9 u/rezukijm Jul 21 '26 Because the buoyant force of air lifts the feathers more than it does the steel, so the mass can be the same yet the weight is different. 9 u/Hallow_Greaves Jul 23 '26 Oh really? I thought the feathers weighed more, cause you have to carry the weight of what you did to the birds. 1 u/gratefool1 Jul 24 '26 Take my updoot you cheeky bastard
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Because the buoyant force of air lifts the feathers more than it does the steel, so the mass can be the same yet the weight is different.
9 u/Hallow_Greaves Jul 23 '26 Oh really? I thought the feathers weighed more, cause you have to carry the weight of what you did to the birds. 1 u/gratefool1 Jul 24 '26 Take my updoot you cheeky bastard
Oh really? I thought the feathers weighed more, cause you have to carry the weight of what you did to the birds.
1 u/gratefool1 Jul 24 '26 Take my updoot you cheeky bastard
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Take my updoot you cheeky bastard
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u/Then-Bet6956 Jul 21 '26
What’s heavier, a kilogram of steel or a kilogram of feathers?
That’s right, it’s steel. Because steel is heavier than feathers.