during the 1990 olympics, an all-time record shot put was made 23.12 m (75 ft 10.2 in.) if the athlete released the shot at a height of 2.25 m with a velocity 14.3m/s at an angle of 35.0° to the ground, what was its vector velocity when it impacted the ground at the end of its flight?

when two balls of the different masses are dropped from equal height, they reach the ground at the same time .this is because they experience the same acceleration.

the acceleration is independent of mass.

thus when they are dropped they will always maintain the same velocity and travel the same distance (neglect air resistance of course) at the same time.