Asked by George

Place a small rubber ball on top of a basketball or soccer
ball and then drop them together. If vertical alignment nicely
remains as they fall to the floor, you’ll see that the small ball
bounces unusually high. Can you reconcile this with energy
conservation?

Answers

Answered by bobpursley
yes, of course. The basket ball loses KE...

This is a neat math problem, momentum is conserved.
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