Question

1.A little girl kicks a soccer ball. It goes 10 feet and comes back to her. How is this possible?

Answer 1

Something stopped the force and was able to recreate the same amount of force to send it back to her. Example: A pole

Answer 2

I can think of two solutions to this problem...

1) There is a wall in front of the girl ( at a distance of 5 feet from where she is standing). She kicks the ball in the direction of the wall. The ball hits the wall and rebounds back to the girl, thus travelling a distance of 10 feet.

2) She kicks the soccer ball vertically 5 feet high in the air. The ball comes back to her after travelling a total distance of 10 feet ( 5 feet up + 5 feet down).

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