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Chapter 3, Problem 19CQ
If someone riding in the back of a pickup truck and throws a softball straight backward, is possible for the ball to fall straight down as viewed by a person standing at the side of the road? Under what condition would this occur? How would the motion of the ball appear to the person it?
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