Projectile Motion Introduction

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6 questions
Two students have two balls they are looking down over a ledge.

The student with the red ball drops the ball from the ledge.

The student with the green ball throws straight out from the ledge.
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Which ball will hit the ground first?

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Which ball will hit the ground last?

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Which ball will hit the ground with the most velocity?

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Which of the two balls will hit the ground with the least velocity?

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Now that we have observed the demo of the scenario. Which of your predictions were correct? Which were wrong? Which are you still not sure about? Why?

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Now that we have talked about it and done some math. Which of your predictions were correct? Which were wrong? Which are you still not sure about? Why?