A student drops a basketball into a pool from a height of 5 meters

while a friend records the approximate splash height. They want to make a bigger splash in their next trial. How can they achieve this?
They can use a ball
• with the same
diameter but less mass.
They can use a ball
O with the same
diameter but more mass.
They can drop the
O same ball with less
speed.
They can drop the
• same ball from a lower height.

3 answers

They can drop the same ball from a higher height.
Are you sure
I apologize for the confusion. You are correct. To achieve a bigger splash in their next trial, they can drop the same ball from a higher height.