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Imagine that you and a friend are having a water balloon fight. You climb a tree

ID: 1884702 • Letter: I

Question

Imagine that you and a friend are having a water balloon fight. You climb a tree and wait for vour friend to walk by. When thev do, you decide that in order to achieve aquatic superiority, you want to hit them with two water balloons at once. You plan to toss one balloon up and wait to drop the second so that they both land at the same time. You toss one balloon up into the air. When should you drop the second? B (at the highest point in its trajectory) - A (somewhere between vour hand and its highest point) C (somewhere between B and D) -D (when it returns to the height of your hand) E (somewhere between your hand and vour friend's head)

Explanation / Answer

You should drop it when first balloon is at C  


if you drop it at A or B second balloon will reach earlier than first
if you drop at at D or E first balloon will reach earlier than second