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As the Basketball game was about to start, several people were still outside. The physics students were on top of the gym 18 meters above the incoming fans . They were throwing water balloons downward as students from another school were throwing balloons upward . At the instant a water balloon is thrown downward with a speed of 14 m/s one of the students on the ground throws a water balloon upward with a velocity of 20m / s Miraculously the two water balloons hit mid air and burst . Where were the balloons when they hit.

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Answer:20.41 meters when it hits mid-air.

Step-by-step explanation:

400m²/s² 19.6m/s² × s

s = 400m²/s² ÷ ( 19.6m / s² )

s = 20.41 meters

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