(a) Determine the \(x\) component of the ball's average velocity between positions 2 and 9 in Figure 2.31.

(b) Repeat between positions 2 and 8.

(c) Repeat for increasingly smaller time intervals.

(d) As the time interval decreases, does the \(x\) component of the average velocity increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain.

(e) Plot the \(x\) components of the average velocity you obtained in parts \(a-c\) versus the length of the time interval. ( \(f\) ) Do you expect the \(x\) component of the average velocity to become zero as the time interval approaches zero?

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Figure 2.31 Successive positions of a falling ball recorded at 0.0300-s intervals. position 2 how fast here? 3 9 0 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 meters