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A student made the claim that a 4 gram paintball fired from a paintball gun at 90 m/s could have about the same kinetic energy as a 1 gram BB pellet fired from a BB gun at 180 m/s. Do you agree or disagree with the student's claim? Use evidence and mathematical reasoning to support your response.

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I do agree with the student. Because imagene you have a tissue and a stick. And you throw them at the same speed , the stick will go farther because it' s heavier but the tissue would just blow around and not go forward because it is not heavy enought.

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