Question

A ball is attached to a vertical spring. The ball is initially supported at a height y so that the spring is neither stretched nor compressed. The ball is then released from rest and it falls to a height y - h before moving upward. Consider the following quantities: translational kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy. When the ball was at a height y - (h/2), which of the listed quantities has (have) values other than zero joules

Answer 1

Answer:

All the three quantities will have non zero joules.

Explanation:

At the initial position of rest the system will have only gravitational potential energy while the other 2 quantities will be zero.

when the system reaches a height (y-h) only kinetic energy will be zero while the other 2 quantities will be non zero

At the position of (y-h/2) all the 3 quantities will be non zero.