A tennis ball, from rest, rolls down the slope of the drawing.
At the end of the slope, the ball becomes airborne and leaves the
ground at an angle of 35 ° relative to the horizontal plane.
a) Think of the ball as a thin-walled spherical shell and figure
out how far x the ball will fly. Explain everything you do.
b) Discuss if x would increase, decrease or remain the same if the
ball was treated as a solid sphere.
c) Discuss the effect of forces from the air on the path of the
ball after it enters. Which equations may be relevant? (Hint: think
of the ball spinning).


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