Six baseball throws are shown below. In each case the baseball is thrown at the same initial speed and from the same height h ab
ove the ground. Assume that the effects of air resistance are negligible. Rank these throws according to the speed of the baseball the instant before it hits the ground.
The final velocities of all the six balls will be same.
Explanation:
According to law of conservation of energy:
Gain in K.E = Loss in potential energy
½ mv^2 = mgh
Where “m” and “g” are constant. The interchange in energies will occur only with the change in velocity and height. Since, balls are thrown from the same hight with the same initial velocity so, their final velocities will also be same just before striking the ground.
change in potential energy = gain in kinetic energy
so as all he balls are throws from the same height thus the change in potential energy is the same for all the balls thus the gain in kinetic energy is the same for all the balls and as they have the same initial velocity thus the final velocity is the same for all the balls.
The fraction of energy that is lost is 25%, it depends how fast the ball was going until it lost 25% of its energy, the gravitational energy was transferred into the kinetic energy that helped the ball bounce back
