Does a small ball roll a greater distance than a big ball?
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You question is incomplete....or at least requires more information, as it is, it is too general.\n\nWhat are the conditions are are talking about here?\nAre both balls pushed with some constant force?  As they rolled down an incline?  Are they already in motion?\n\nWhat type of surface are they on?  A smooth (frictionless) surface?  A rough surface where friction needs to be taken into account?  Are both balls solid, hollow, one each?\n\nThey are many many variables which need to be taken into account, you cannot just say "big" and "small" and get an accurate answer.\n\nAnd by "greater distance" do you mean translational displacement, or angular displacement?
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Yes.  A wheel in the shape of a circle is going to go significantly farther than a wheel in the shape of a square.
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In order to get the most distance out of a particular golf ball it is important that individuals select a ball which matches their swing speed. \n\nAs a ball is struck, the majority of the power is created by the compression of the ball (i.e. the ball is indented) and the resulting action of the ball springing back into its original shape. Therefore, if a golfer selects a ball which is very difficult to compress (higher compression balls - 100, 110) he/she will not get as much spring action, and therefore distance, out of the ball as they do not hit it with enough force to compress it adequately. \n\nFor this reason balls designed for ladies tend to be easier to compress as their swing speed tends to be lower than that of the average male. Lower compression balls (i.e. 60, 70, 80) will compress more easily allowing for maximum spring back into shape and thus maximizing the speed at which the ball leaves the club. \n\nAlthough a high compression ball is more difficult to compress, if a golfer has significant swing speed such that they are able to compress the ball adequately the spring (i.e. the bouncing back into it original shape) of a high compression ball is more forceful that that of a lower compression ball. Therefore, similar compression on lower and higher compression balls will result in different distance, with the higher compression ball traveling farther.\n\nFollow the link below for everything you ever wanted to know about a golf ball!
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There's no answer to that question.  No matter how close you are, you can always go half the distance, theoretically anyway.  In real life, it depends on how accurately you can move something!
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Bigger than a golf ball, smaller than a baseball.
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They had that on an episode of Mythbusters.  The ball travelled less further because of the decrease in mass and no change in volume.  It was more susceptible to air resistance.
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My source AKA my wife who's a FIFA coach, says yes!\n"Quote" work with smaller and smaller balls down to  Tennis ball sized learn to control that and there's nothing you cant do
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bigger is almost always better
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Nothing actually shrinks when you move. If you are moving with that object it will still have the same length as it did when you were not moving. Remember motion is relative to frames of reference and there is no prefered frame of reference.
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Put simply...the chip shot has less flight time and more roll time. The pitch shot has more flight time and less roll time.
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it depends on how you orient your coordinates, but the gravitational acceleration opposes the velocity of the upward traveling ball, so if up is positive then yes the acceleration due to gravity is negative
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Well, theres not enough information here. \nYou have to take into consideration, the angle of the ramp, the weight of the ball, whether the ball is pushed or released, the material which the ramp and ball is made of (their frictional properties)
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'Large' and 'small' probably refer to the masses of the balls, rather than the sizes. Assume one ball (with mass m1) is initially directly above the other (mass m2), and both are dropped at the same time from rest (with a slight vertical space between the two).\n\nThe lower ball hits first, bounces up and collides with the upper ball near the ground. The two  have about the same speed v = sqrt(2gH) going into this collision because both balls have fallen from approximately the same height. If the two masses were equal, then both would simply reverse direction, the top ball going upward at speed v and the bottom ball going down (for the second time) and immediately up at the same speed v --> both balls would continue up at the same speeds to the original height H.\n\nNow suppose the masses are slightly different with m2 > m1. Then the initial and final velocities (taking the upward direction as positive) for the collision are respectively:\n\nv1 = -v\nv2 = v\n\nand:\n\nv1 = v + x1\nv2 = -v + x2 \n\nwhere x1,x2 << v. Energy and momentum conservation require that:\n\n(m2-m1)v = m1(v + x1) + m2(-v + x2)\n(m1+m2)v^2 = m1(v + x1)^2 + m2(-v + x2)^2 \n= m1(v^2 + 2vx1) + m2(v^2 - 2vx2) (Approximately)\n-->\n2(m2-m1)v = m1x1 + m2x2\n0 = 2m1vx1 - 2m2vx2\n-->\nx1 = (m2/m1 - 1)v\nx2 = (1 - m1/m2)v\n\nSo the top (lighter) ball ends up with a higher speed (m2/m1)v and the lower (heavier) ball ends up with the lower speed (m1/m2)v. This is reflected by the one bouncing higher than H and the other lower than H.\n \nThere can't be more than one collision since the top ball comes out of the first (and only) collision with a higher speed than the bottom ball so the latter can never catch up to it. If the mass ratio were reversed (heavier ball on top) the situation would be much more complicated since there could be multiple collisions.
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Darn good question!\n\nI think the perceived acceleration of a baseball in the grass is a figment of ones perception. I’m dead serious.  We perceive that to be so since baseball does not slowdown faster than a golf ball. \n\nTo explain this phenomenon and having the luxury of being serious I would like to bring to your attention the LAW OF CONCERVATION OF MOMENTUM. (The momentum [momentum =mass x velocity] gets transferred in to moving and bending the grass stems as well.) The heavier baseball by hitting stems of grass experiences MUCH less resistance than a lighter golf ball. \n\nAnd you thought I will not be able to answer this question? \n\nHave fun\n\nOOPS!  We should consider the larger diameter of the baseball as well. The larger diameter gives it a moment (or torque) (moment =radius x force) advantage during rolling over the smaller gulf ball. Imagine pushing a cart with larger and smaller wheels.
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I feel I need to clarify a few points.  Snooker balls are 2 1/16" and pool balls are 2 1/4".  Pub tables in the UK are different than in America.  I've heard that the cue ball is smaller than the object balls on pub tables in the UK.  This is almost never the case in America.  The cue ball and object balls on American bar tables are almost always the same size (2 1/4").  The cue ball is usually heavier or has a magnet  or iron plug inside to separate it from the object balls.  Of course, if you're playing on anything other than a coin-op table, the cue ball and object balls will be the same size and weight, whether or not the game is snooker or pool.  Whether you are playing on an American snooker table (5'X10') or a full size English snooker table (6'X12') the balls should be 2 1/16".  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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Ask your magic 8-ball. The answers you get are VERY veliable.\n\nTrust me.
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Picture two objects, one being a large beach ball, tightly filled with air, the other a fist sized stone.  These two objects will be dropped into a pond from the same height.  Which one makes the bigger splash?  Another way of looking at it would be to picture the same two objects sitting on the middle of a stretched out rubber sheet.  Looking at the indentation fromt he under side of the sheet, the stone will have a much larger one.  The cool thing is when the proportions of mass to density are unusual in that an object has an extremely large density and very small mass.  The resutls to the surrounding fabric of spacetime is noticibly more dramatic the further apart these two measurements become.  Another fun thing to think about is that as speed increases towards the speed of light an object increases in density and becomes extremely heavy.  This means that an object with any density while stationary has a variable potential for manipulation of spacetime dependant upon it's speed.  Read The Elegant Universe.  It's a cool book if you like this sort of stuff.  :)\n\nAnother thing to picture to help understand this concept:  Again go back to a stretched out rubber sheet, this time you are pressing objects into it with the same force.  One is a pencil (eraser side), the other is a basketball.  Remember that you are pressing just as heard on both objects (which represents gravity having the same pull on both) even though they are of different sizes.  This represents one small object with heigh density having the same pull as a larger mass object with lower density.  Now think about what the stretches on the sheet look like from each experiment.  Now take that idea and try to picture it in 3 dimensions (or 4 if you want to get technical :p)