A baseball, a football, and a bowling ball are thrown with the same force. If a baseball has less mass than a football, and a football has less mass than a bowling ball, what can be said about the motion of the three balls?

Question

A baseball, a football, and a bowling ball are thrown with the same force. If a baseball has less mass than a football, and a football has less mass than a bowling ball, what can be said about the motion of the three balls?

Responses

The baseball will move faster than the football and the bowling ball.
The baseball will move faster than the football and the bowling ball.

The football will move faster than the baseball and the bowling ball.
The football will move faster than the baseball and the bowling ball.

The bowling ball will move faster than the baseball and the football.
The bowling ball will move faster than the baseball and the football.

Answer 1

A baseball, a football, and a bowling ball are thrown with the same force. If a baseball has less mass than a football, and a football has less mass than a bowling ball, what can be said about the motion of the three balls?

The bowling ball will move the slowest, followed by the football and then the baseball due to their differences in mass.