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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 2 Problem 2EF

Question

Two balls are thrown from a cliff. One is thrown directly up, the other directly down. Both balls have the same initial speed, and both hit the ground below the cliff but at different times. Which ball hits the ground at the greater speed:

(a) the ball thrown upward, (b) the ball thrown downward, or (c) both the same? Ignore air resistance

Solution

Step 1 of 2

We will consider one ball at a time.

Let the ball 1 thrown upwards from a cliff travels to a height of “h” distance before it moves downwards.

Height of the cliff:

So total distance travelled downwards for this ball 1 is

For the second ball, the total distance travelled is

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 7 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321625922

Two balls are thrown from a cliff. One is thrown directly

Chapter 2 textbook questions

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