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DJ2230
Jan 24, 2012, 05:19 PM
A 1kg ball is hitting the ground with 850 Joules of kinetic energy. How high will it bounce?

Aurora2000
Jan 25, 2012, 02:38 AM
The ball has 850J of kinetic energy, thus it converts all this energy into potential energy when boucing back. The potential energy at height h is mgh (m is the mass, here 1kg, g the gravitational acceleration) and solve
mgh=850J
with problem's data.