-- It takes the brick 8.9 seconds to reach the ground.
-- At the instant of the "splat", it's falling at 89 m/s.
-- The mass doesn't matter. If not for air resistance, every object
would fall at the same rate. The answer is the same for a feather,
a rubber chicken, a brick, or a school bus.
Answer:
Vertical velocity decreases.
Explanation:
The motion of the ball is a projectile ball, which consists of two independent motions:
- a horizontal motion, with constant velocity
- a vertical motion, with constant acceleration g=9.8 m/s^2 towards the ground
In the vertical motion, there is a constant acceleration directed downward: this means that the vertical velocity decreases as the ball goes higher. In fact, it decreases following the equation

And it decreases until the ball reaches its maximum height, then it starts increasing again.
The 'strength' of the electric field is the force on 1C of charge at that point.
At this 'certain location', the field is 40/5 = 8 newtons per coulomb = <u>8 volts</u>