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OpenStudy (anonymous):

When a ball bounces off the floor and is moving upward, is it still in free fall?

OpenStudy (vincent-lyon.fr):

Is the net force acting on it its own weight only?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes. So once it hits the ground it is no longer in free fall because it is not controlled by gravity and is being forced up to bounce?

OpenStudy (vincent-lyon.fr):

I don not understand your sentence. During the impact, the ball is not in free fall. But as soon as it leaves the ground again, it is.

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