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Thanks a lot. You've been very helpful.

Thanks a lot. I figured out the top persons time to equal 0.415 sec using the quadratic formula. I use the bottom time - top time = How much later the second ball was thrown. If my equation for the bottom person is correct, how am I suppose to know which time value to use? Will it always be the...

One of them will be throwing the ball with the help of gravity and I think it should be the top person.

Homework Statement A child stands on a balcony directly above a friend 5.00 m below. Each throws a ball toward the other with the same initial speed of 10.0 m/s. If each catches a ball at the same instant, which child threw a ball first? How much later was the second ball thrown? Homework...