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Physics students test tennis ball launchers (10 photos)

Lorrie Lynn
November 2, 2012

 

On Thursday and Friday physics students competed in a tennis ball launching competition. They used homemade launchers to try to get as close to a target as possible.

Credit: Jackson Tovar/The Foothill Dragon Press

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