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Matthew throws a ball straight up into the air. It rises for a period of time and then begins to drop. At which points in the ball’s journey will gravity be the greatest force acting on the ball?

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If air resistance is taken as negligible, then the ball is in freefall the moment it is thrown so gravity is the only force acting on the object. If air resistance is not negligible then gravity will be the greatest force acting on the ball while it is going up and coming down, because Fair has to be less than gravity at all times otherwise the atmosphere would wither away.

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