A ball is dropped from the top of a tall 80m building and after one second another ball is thrown vertically downward from the same building at 15m/s. Will the second ball overtake the first ball? If...
A ball is dropped from the top of a tall 80m building and after one second another ball is thrown vertically downward from the same building at 15m/s. Will the second ball overtake the first ball? If so, at what height from the top of the building will the two balls be side by side?
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A ball is dropped from the top of the building that is 80 m tall. Use the formula: s = u*t + (1/2)*a*t^2 where s is the distance traveled in time t, a is the rate of acceleration and u is the initial velocity. For the ball that is dropped, the initial...
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