Alicia throws a red ball straight up into the air, releasing it with velocity vo. As she is throwing it, you happen to pass by in an elevator that is rising with constant velocity vo. At the exact instant Alicia releases her ball, you can reach out of the elevator’s window( this is very fancy elevator!) and gently release a blue ball. Both balls are the same height above the ground at the moment they released. Describe the motion of the two balls as you see them from the moving elevator. In what ways are the motion of red ball and the blue ball the same or different?

Alicia throws a red ball straight up into the air, releasing it with velocity vo. As she is throwing it, you happen to pass by in an elevator that is rising with constant velocity vo. At the exact instant Alicia releases her ball, you can reach out of the elevator’s window( this is very fancy elevator!) and gently release a blue ball. Both balls are the same height above the ground at the moment they released. Describe the motion of the two balls as you see them from the moving elevator. In what ways are the motion of red ball and the blue ball the same or different?