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How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you?

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How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't bounce off anything? There is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it back to you?

posted Jul 8, 2014 by Vrije Mani Upadhyay

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2 Answers

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We can throw a ball in upward direction (towards sky) as hard as we can, without bouncing or touching anything it will come back to us.

answer Jul 8, 2014 by Ruchita Ganjoo
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Throw the ball straight up in the air.

answer Jul 9, 2014 by Devyani



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