Explain how a falling object can be made to fall slowly.?

What I remember from highschool physics, to slow down a falling object, you need air resistance, and the amount of air resistance depends on the speed of the object, the cross-sectional area of the object and the coefficient of friction (which depens on the shape of the object).

When an object falls, its speed is a factor of its mass and the Earth's gravitation pull (a constant). That's why a heavier object will fall faster (a larger force of gravity).

A falling object will continue to accelerate in speed until it encouters an equal amount of air resistance. Think action-reaction force. Once the action (force of gravity) and reaction (air resistance) is balanced, the object will stop accelerating and terminal velocity is reached.

For the heavier object, because it has a greater force of gravity, the force of resistance needed to bring it to a terminal velocity will be greater than say, a lighter object. In other words, it takes longer for a heavier object to reach a gravity-resistance force balance.

So, to slow down a falling object becomes "how to reach terminal velocity sooner" or "how to increase air resistance force faster". You can:

1. Decrease mass of falling object
2. Increase cross-sectional area of object
3. Increase friction force on object (change the object shape so that friction force is at max., in other words, object is less aero-dynamic/efficient)

Classic example: man jumping off plane with parachute.

If the exterior portion of an merchandise is bigger as much as possible the air resistance would be plenty greater beneficial and offset most of the acceleration brought about via its weight (that's a results of hte rigidity of gravity) and this is terminal velocity will quite low. college in the summertime? Teh sucks!

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Common sensense air resistance using the most surface area of the object!

i don't know but decrease the force of gravity would be my guess, and did you delete my answer or something?