While you are standing on a expanse of smooth ice, your friend throws a heavy ball towards you. How can you maximize your speed after your interaction with the ball?
a. More information is needed to determine how you should maximize your speed.
b. It doesn't matter since your speed is going to be the same regardless.
c. You should let the ball go past you without touching it all.
d. You should hit the ball back to your friend with the same speed at which it was thrown at you.
e. You should catch the ball
From my calculations, the person's speed would be greatest if they hit the ball back towards their friend, but I'm not sure I did the calculations correctly. Also, since it says to maximize your speed, I'm assuming option c is out of the question because it would not change the person's speed. Is that correct?
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