Question

Alex and Carlos drop an object into the flour from the same height of 1.6 meters. The depth of the holes is recorded in the table above. Which of the following is the best explanation for the difference? (Lesson 3)

a. Alex’s object has a smaller width
b. Alex’s object had a faster drop speed
c. Carlos’s object had less mass
d. Carlos’s object has greater kinetic energy--

The table shows that Alex's object fell 1.4m into flour and Carlos's fell 3.0m into flour.
Can somebody check my answer? And if it's wrong please help me.

Answer 1

carlos went deeper

so
A is just nuts. Bullet goes deeper than basketball
B is still nuttier (same speed if same height)
C Nah, closer to floating in flour :)
D sure, the bigger the (1/2)m v^2, the further it will penetrate