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Von drop a ball from a window located on an upper floor of a building. It strikes the ground with speed v. You now repeal the drop, but your friend down on the ground throws another ball upward at the same speed ν, releasing her ball at the same moment that you drop yours from the window. At some location, the balls pass each other. Is this location (a) at the halfway point between window and ground, (b) above this point, or (c) below this point?
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