Why would a ball being hit by twice the weight only travel 33% farther?

Question

So if everything else were the same (ball, where it was hit, how etc.)and you hit a ball with twice the initial weight, why would it travel only 33% farther and not twice as far?

Answer 1

With double the weight, you use some of the force in moving that weight to hit the ball and thus produce an RMS effect causing the total distance of the ball to be only 33 percent farther.