A comically large tennis ball is dropped on your head. You earn $10,000 per kilogram of tennis ball multiplied by the height in meters of the fall. How large a tennis ball and how high do you choose? (hexbear.net)

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You may consider wind resistance.

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[-] Keld@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

How long do you think it takes a gravity assisted tennis ball to reach earth, and do you think dollars, even in those amount, will continue to have value?

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