When is the ball in a state of free fall?

a. The moment the ball leaves the athlete's hand traveling upwards, reaches maximum height, then traveling downward till the moment just before the athlete catches it.

I think this is the answer. In Newtonian physics, free fall is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it. The body is moving only under the influence of the earth's gravity.

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pe = weightxheight = 2000x1000=2,000,000joules

as we know our atmosphere or air have different levels. every level has other gasses, and every gas has another permeability. when the light comes from lower permeability to higher permeability, it changes its direction. so that means that when the light comes from the moon to the earth, it changes it's direction many more times. it basically means that the shape of the light part of the moon is changed on the earth.

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