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How high does a baseball go when bounced?
Question Date: 2019-11-08
Answer 1:

As you've probably noticed, baseballs are not as bouncy as basketballs or even golf balls. Bounciness depends on the construction and materials the ball is made out of.

Here is a link with some information about baseball bounciness, and how it affects the game of baseball ( ballbounces ).

Based on this resource, if you drop a baseball from 1 meter high, it will bounce back to 0.325 meters, or 32.5% of its original height. By contrast, a basketball will bounce back to 56% of its drop height.


Answer 2:

"Depending on the type of basketball and surface, you may have seen the ball bounce about 15 inches high on carpet and about 25 inches high on concrete."
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Answer 3:

That depends on how fast it's moving when it hits the ground. You should test that yourself!


Answer 4:

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