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Think about a rubber ball bouncing in slow motion. It hits the floor, the ball changes shape - the bottom flattens a little bit as it continues to press against the floor. Then it must straighten out and take it's natural shape and in doing so, pushes itself against the floor to round out again. The force of the ball taking it's round shape so quickly makes it go back up into the air again. So the harder you throw a ball down, the higher it will go up again.

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