
First, consider no air friction. In order to make the balls collide each other, the ball on ground has to make an angle α from the ground, where tan(α)=h/d.
Then consider a more real case, there's air friction which is proportional to ball's velocity, F=-kv (see previous problem). In order to make the balls collide, determine whether angle of the ball has to be greater than α, less than α, or equals to α!
nice question, no mathematics and such an elegant framework of thought!
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