COLLEGE PHYSICS - LCPO
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Author: Knight
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 14CQ
Your roommate drops a tennis ball from a third-story balcony. It hits the sidewalk and bounces as high as the second story. Draw a motion diagram, using the particle model, showing the ball's velocity vectors from the time it is released until it reaches the maximum height on its bounce.
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