A ball is thrown straight up. It passes a 1.95 m high window 7.25 m off the ground on its path up and takes 1.40 s to go past the window, what was the ball's initial velocity 〈in m/s)? m/s

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I tried using the second kinematic equation and got 13.44m/s as Vi, but it's saying it's wrong. I'm not sure I understanding the relative positions based on the odd wording at the begining.

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A ball is thrown straight up. It passes a 1.95 m high window 7.25 m off the ground on its path up and takes 1.40 s to go past the window, what was the ball's initial velocity 〈in m/s)?
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Transcribed Image Text:A ball is thrown straight up. It passes a 1.95 m high window 7.25 m off the ground on its path up and takes 1.40 s to go past the window, what was the ball's initial velocity 〈in m/s)? m/s
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