Recent content by lax27

Very helpfulresponse... but I am still wondering... How does that tie into F=ma which would suggest that the lighter ball would have more acceleration. Does that mean than F=ma is accurate minus air resistance? I know there are objects that you simply can't exert big forces on...like...

You can't throw a ping pong ball as far as a golf ball. F=ma would suggest that the lighter ball would accelerate more. It seems you are unable able to exert as large a force on a ping pong ball as you can on a baseball. Does your inability to exert a large force on a ping pong ball account...