If a Weight Drops In a Closed Container Does the Total Weight Decrease? Most People Get This Wrong!

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In this video I show you what would happen if you drop something in a closed container. Does the weight increase, decrease or stay the same? And what does air drag have to do with it? This took me a while to try to figure out how to show this phenomenon, but it is quite amazing!

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