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Question:

Why will a sheet of paper fall slower than one that is crumpled into a ball?

Solution:

By crumpling the paper into a ball, the volume of the object decreases but the mass remains the same. Hence its density increases. As air applies some resistance on a falling sheet of paper as well as a crumpled ball, but the resistance to the motion of a crumpled ball through the air decreases, that makes it fall faster than the sheet of paper.