I hope it is clearly visible.. Velocity of the center of mass of 2-ball system is - 11.54m/s. Minus indicates, velocity direction is in downward direction.
1. When the object is waiting to be released, it is storing a lot of potential energy. When it is released, the potential energy that was once stored is converted into kinetic energy.
Answer:
a) > x<-c(1,2,3,4,5)
> y<-c(1.9,3.5,3.7,5.1,6)
> linearmodel<-lm(y~x)
And the output is given by:
> linearmodel
Call:
lm(formula = y ~ x)
Coefficients:
(Intercept) x
1.10 0.98
b) 
And if we compare this with the general model 
We see that the slope is m= 0.98 and the intercept b = 1.10
Explanation:
Part a
For this case we have the following data:
x: 1,2,3,4,5
y: 1.9,3.5,3.7,5.1, 6
For this case we can use the following R code:
> x<-c(1,2,3,4,5)
> y<-c(1.9,3.5,3.7,5.1,6)
> linearmodel<-lm(y~x)
And the output is given by:
> linearmodel
Call:
lm(formula = y ~ x)
Coefficients:
(Intercept) x
1.10 0.98
Part b
For this case we have the following trend equation given:

And if we compare this with the general model 
We see that the slope is m= 0.98 and the intercept b = 1.10
Here, height is given which will be the distance for a freely falling object.
The velocity will be

and the acceleration will be

In this way, the formula works.