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The shape of the soccer ball is…round! But in mathematical terms, the soccer ball is usually in the shape of an Archimedean Solid. This solid has 32 faces, 12 are pentagons and 20 are hexagons. On the Apollo 17 mission astronauts played soccer with a 200 pound moon rock. Just imagine playing any sport with something that heavy…ouch!
There are many different soccer balls in use today. Each company claims that theirs is the best one out there but in all reality soccer players only like to play with soccer balls that they are used to. In fact, the ball used for the World Cup in 2002 was supposed to be the best one ever made by Adidas but many of the players in the World Cup hated it because it was new and they weren’t used to it.
The Fevernova soccer ball used in the 2002 World Cup
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When asked the question: “If you dropped a soccer ball from a height of 3 meters and assumed that the ball bounced back up to half its previous height, how long would it take the ball to come to rest?” most people would answer never because it would be continuing to bounce forever, we just wouldn’t be able to tell. However, this statement is wrong. Using the equation D=1/2*g*t2 for the distance (D) traveled and g = 9.81 m/s2 we get that the infinite series of bounces turns into approximately 4.61 seconds before the ball comes to rest.