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How does air pressure affect the bounce of a basketball?

April 26, 2017affect air basketball bounce pressure

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How does air pressure affect the bounce of a basketball?

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When a basketball has more pressure it tends to bounce higher because of the consequent reduced surface area. The reason a basketball that has a lower pressure bounces not so high is because alot of the energy used to bounce the ball is lost because of friction and transfer to heat.