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Re: dropping balls

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Originally Posted by RogerR
cross winds would have a more dramatic effect on the lighter of the two balls, and therefore wouldn't affect which one would reach the ground first. now if there was a powerful enough downdraft, and it was a relativly short drop, maybe the lighter of the two would hit the ground first.
Put simply: horizontal components of projectile motion act independantly of vertical components.
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