a ball 1 is thrown horizontally from the top of a building that is 50 meters tall. if another ball 2 is dropped at the same time as the first is released, which ball will hit the ground first?

A. ball 1

B. ball 2

c. they land at the same

D. depends of the initial velocity of ball 1

1 answer

C

the horizontal motion does not affect the vertical speed.

This is assuming, of course, that the 2nd ball was dropped from a height of 50m. The problem does not say.