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A student stands at the top of a building of height 50 m. He throws two identical balls with a speed of 20m/s, one up, the other down. If air resistance is included which ball strikes the ground with higher speed?
A. The ball thrown upward
B. The ball thrown downward
C. Both balls will have the
Same speed
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