You throw snowballs down to the sidewalk from the roof of a building. Which technique, if either,

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You throw snowballs down to the sidewalk from the roof of a building. Which technique, if either, makes the snowballs land with more speed: throwing them straight down as hard as you can or throwing them straight up just as hard? (Ignore air resistance.)

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