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malic
Nov 28, 2007, 06:05 PM
A 0.150 kg baseball is thrown upward with an initial speed od 20.0 m/s
Questions:
a. what is the force on the ball when it reaches half of its maximum height? (disreguard air resistance)
b. what is the force on the ball when I reaches its peak?
Please help. I'm so lost right now.
tjsail
Nov 28, 2007, 06:26 PM
a 0.150 kg baseball is thrown upward with an initial speed od 20.0 m/s
questions:
a. what is the force on the ball when it reaches half of its maximum height? (disreguard air resistance)
b. what is the force on the ball when i reaches its peak?
please help. i'm so lost right now.
This looks like a trick question aimed at measuring your confusion. If you disregard air resistance, the only force on it is the weight. So the answer to both a. and b. is
W = m*g = 0.150 kg*9.8 m/s^2 = 1.47 kg*m/s^2 = 1.47 Newtons
malic
Nov 28, 2007, 06:40 PM
This looks like a trick question aimed at measuring your confusion. If you disregard air resistance, the only force on it is the weight. So the answer to both a. and b. is
W = m*g = 0.150 kg*9.8 m/s^2 = 1.47 kg*m/s^2 = 1.47 Newtons
Thank you so much