Two students are on a balcony 22.3 m above the street. One student throws a ball, b1, vertically downward at 19.2 m/s. At the same instant, the other student throws a ball, b2, vertically upward at the same speed. The second ball just misses the balcony on the way down.

Question

Two students are on a balcony 22.3 m above the street. One student throws a ball, b1, vertically downward at 19.2 m/s. At the same instant, the other student throws a ball, b2, vertically upward at the same speed. The second ball just misses the balcony on the way down.
(a) What is the difference in time the balls spend in the air?
  s

(b) What is the velocity of each ball as it strikes the ground?
velocity for b1   m/s
velocity for b2   m/s

(c) How far apart are the balls 0.580 s after they are thrown?
  m