What angle causes a ball to roll the farthest?

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SUGARBEAR622
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What angle causes a ball to roll the farthest?

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This is my son's question for his project but i can't seem to figure out where to find references or resources for the data part of his science fair project. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Re: What angle causes a ball to roll the farthest?

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Hi,

You may find this ScienceBuddies writeup helpful for this question (for theory pay particular attention to the Bibliography links!)

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p036.shtml

Best regards,

Barrett L Tomlinson
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