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Given :- The first is thrown with a speed of 48 ft/s and the other is thrown a second later with a speed of 24 ft/s.

To find :-  Do the balls ever pass each other?

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The expressions for the ball’s height and velocity as functions of time are:- 

 

 

For the case , 

 

Using the velocity function, enforce v(t) = 0 and solve for t:

 

Substitute the initial velocities for Ball A and Ball B to form two expressions. We must consider that these expressions yield the time-to-zenith (TTZ) from the time of launch for each ball. Therefore we must make allowance for the 1 second delay between throws in this case by either adding 1 to the TTZ for Ball B or subtracting it from Ball A. Let us subtract from TTZ for Ball A. Time-to-zenith for Balls A and B:

 

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