Let's see how intelligent the misc is

[UofACATS]

Moment it's released it will begin its descent down.

[shtabe]

up you freaks. its speed/direction is relative to the ballon. the same moment you let it go it's going up for a fraction of a second til gravity kicks in

[HipoDawg]

It's going to spiral

[Nicro327]

op is not intelligent because he doesn't know the difference between intelligence and knowledge


quick op list all of the trig functions and their identities, lets see how smart you are (not srs *******)

[lethalandcruel]

Down, because the escape velocity is higher than the velocity of the balloon.

[midcoastking33]

i'll be up up and away

[Cudabrah]

Isaac Newton hates posters in this thread.

[neighborr]

op is not intelligent because he doesn't know the difference between intelligence and knowledge


quick op list all of the trig functions and their identities, lets see how smart you are (not srs *******)

You know what I meant dumb *******. Don't come in here irate cause you don't know the answer lololol

[Benny_Lava]

up you freaks. its speed/direction is relative to the ballon. the same moment you let it go it's going up for a fraction of a second til gravity kicks in

Didn't know gravity took breaks. This thread is gold.

OP was just bored, sat down to eat lunch and thought he'd provide himself with some entertainment. Well done OP, I'm eating lunch too.

[N0rds]

The higher you are, the weaker gravity's force would be, thus the greater chance of the ball continuing upward before falling.

Exact calculations could be done if we knew the speed and altitude of the balloon.

Negligible.

Unless you stole felix baumgartner's rig.

Interesting hyderptheses in this thread.

[Lawson45]

the obvious answer is that the ball travels in space and time so fast that it manifests not up, nor down, but IN op's rectum.

[Brahhphomet]

I guess potatoes go left

[SocialFox]

I'm pretty sure it would be going down, since the only force acting on the ball would be the force of gravity. Constant velocity going up means that acceleration is zero, so there is no upward force.

Edit for clarity: This refers to the general direction of the ball as soon as it is released (which is what the original question asked for). The ball obviously starts with an upward velocity that is the same as the balloon's but decelerates at 9.8 m/s^2.

[smalliebiggs]

It depends on what's inside the ball.
If it's full of sand, it's falling straight down, and if it's full of helium then it's going straight into outer space.
If it's full of ketchup it's probably falling down alot faster than if the tennis ball was full of sand.

[IntegralDx]

Ball moves up, velocity & acceleration, learn the difference please

[IronAddict1775]

~350

[demfeelsbro]

UP at first....then down (obviously)



and then up OPs ******* anoos

[BusterBluth]

I'm pretty sure it would be going down, since the only force acting on the ball would be the force of gravity. Constant velocity going up means that acceleration is zero, so there is no upward force.

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[NotANun21]

Depends on the speed of the balloon. If the balloon is going faster than 9.81 meters per second in an upwards direction then the ball will travel up before it goes down if you were looking at it from a fixed point outside of the balloon - however if you were in the balloon at the time then you'd only see it going down because from the moment of release the ball would be decelerating because of gravity where as the balloon would maintain it's speed due to the energy from the thrusters

Goes using the same logic as parachute's. From a fixed point on the ground you'd only see them go down, from a fixed point on the parachute it would look like you were going down, from a fixed point on another parachuter who hasn't pulled their cord it would look like the open parachute was going up

[plsbenotsrs]

from a fixed position, at the same height as the balloon when the ball is dropped, the ball will travel upwards very briefly, before gravity decelerates the ball to zero, and then accelerates into negative velocity (downwards)
The time it takes for the ball to reach a velocity of zero depends on the speed of the balloon.

correct me if im wrong, i've only done Alevel physics hehe

This.

Strong potato answers ITT.

[Elevorett]

I'm pretty sure it would be going down, since the only force acting on the ball would be the force of gravity. Constant velocity going up means that acceleration is zero, so there is no upward force.

Ding ding.

[0Alright]

Depends how heavy the ball is. If it is under 350 grams than it will float

[plsbenotsrs]

I'm pretty sure it would be going down, since the only force acting on the ball would be the force of gravity. Constant velocity going up means that acceleration is zero, so there is no upward force.

But who was kinetic energy that just disappears according to your answer?

[GregariousWolf]

Constant velocity upward means zero upward acceleration. The only acceleration the ball experiences is 9.8m/s down due to gravity. As soon as it rolls out of the basket, the ball will fall.

[cashinout]

the ball is going to reach a peak, stop for a second, then fall down

so momentarily at rest then down

source: magic

[JDawn99]

Up with the speed of the hot air balloon then it will descend with the acceleration due to gravity.

[SocialFox]

But who was kinetic energy that just disappears according to your answer?

The original question just asked for the general direction of the ball. While it's true that it starts at rest within the balloon's frame of reference, the direction the ball is heading is still down.

[AZliftbrah]

from a fixed position, at the same height as the balloon when the ball is dropped, the ball will travel upwards very briefly, before gravity decelerates the ball to zero, and then accelerates into negative velocity (downwards)
The time it takes for the ball to reach a velocity of zero depends on the speed of the balloon.

correct me if im wrong, i've only done Alevel physics hehe

This.

Newton's first law. Object in motion tends to stay in motion until a force acts upon it.

When the ball is in your hand, it may seem like it's not moving relative to your own fixed position, but it is moving at the same constant velocity of the balloon going upwards.

So the question is will the force of downward gravity overpower the force of velocity of the balloon's movement upward? If so (spoiler: yes), how soon? The higher you are, the weaker gravity's force would be, thus the greater chance of the ball continuing upward before falling.

Exact calculations could be done if we knew the speed and altitude of the balloon.

And this.

[UofACATS]

But who was kinetic energy that just disappears according to your answer?

You mean the energy it has because it's in motion? You hold a ball over the side of a balloon, that ball is motionless with you as the reference point because you're holding it.

Drop the ball. You think the ball actually goes up into your hand before it goes down?

Not even once.

[neighborr]

Interesting replies thus far but no general consensus...