A woman throws a baseball straight up into the air. what is the baseball's acceleration at its highest point?
1 answer:
After the ball leaves the woman's hand, the only relevant force acting on the ball is the gravity, which produces an acceleration of a=g=9.81 m/s^2 on the baseball, directed downward.
Gravity acts on the ball for the whole duration of the motion, so the acceleration of the ball is
at every point of the motion, and therefore also when the baseball is at its highest point.
Gravity acts on the ball for the whole duration of the motion, so the acceleration of the ball is
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Answer:
d = 19.796m
Explanation:
Since the ball is in the air for 4.02 seconds, the ball should reach the maximum point from the ground in half the total time, therefore, t=2.01s to reach maximum height. At the maximum height, the velocity in the y-direction is 0.
So we know t=2.01, vi=0, g=a=9.8m/s and we are solving for d.
Next, you look for a kinematic equation that has these parameters and the one you should choose is:
Now by substituting values in, we get
d = 19.796m