How high can a inflated basketball bounce?

Answer 1

It depends on:

1. How well inflated it is - higher inflation means it's more elastic and will rebound to a higher percentage of the height it was dropped from, and

2. How high it was dropped from/ how hard it was thrown down.

Answer 2

A basket ball bounces highest at 9 psi because area of skin in contact with the ground is less but at 12 psi most of the ball's original energy is wasted in bending skin.

Answer 3

Trained competitors have been known to jump as high as 33 feet in the air when jumping on a trampoline. The trampoline was invented by a name named George Nissen.

Answer 4

how High will a basket ball bounce if it has oxygen in it

Answer 5

To answer this question you might need to have some background knowledge in physics. The potential height you can reach with a trampoline depends on several factors, like the number of springs, the stiffness of the spring, the elastic component of the net, not to mention the weight and height of the person jumping on the trampoline.

But basically, this is how it physically works. You should consider the trampoline as a system storing potential elastic energy which depends on how much the net of the trampoline can stretch downwards. As you jump on the trampoline you accumulate a certain amount of speed that the moment you land on the trampoline is absorbed equally by the net and the springs which, in turn, will be converted to a proportional kinetic energy that the trampoline itself is going to transfer to the person jumping allowing him to make the next jump. Jumping at an increasing speed and achieving higher jumps gives your body an increased potential energy, which is dependent on the position of the person with respect to the system of the trampoline, meaning that if you land from a higher spot you will technically be able to jump higher thanks to the response of the springs and net to the energy accumulated by your potential energy. Simply put the trampoline gives you back what you put in with a little of interests: the elastic component. If jump from the center of the trampoline, moreover, you will benefit from a more powerful push since the system- net and springs- are designed to be perfectly balanced. Jumping from a random corner won’t have the same propulsion force since the net and the springs won’t contribute equally.