A person standing at the bottom of a 10m deep hole in the ground throws a 0.5 kg ball straight up at high speed; the ball gets to a maximum height above ground of 30m (i.e. 40 m above its initial position): a)Use the conservation of energy formulas to find the initial velocity:     b)Use conservation of energy to find the speed the ball when it is on its way back down and gets to the height 20m above ground (i.e. 30m above its initial position):               c)Find how high the ball is above the bottom of the hole when its kinetic energy equals ¼ of its initial kinetic energy:

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A person standing at the bottom of a 10m deep hole in the ground throws a 0.5 kg ball straight up at high speed; the ball gets to a maximum height above ground of 30m (i.e. 40 m above its initial position):

a)Use the conservation of energy formulas to find the initial velocity:

 

 

b)Use conservation of energy to find the speed the ball when it is on its way back down and gets to the height 20m above ground (i.e. 30m above its initial position):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c)Find how high the ball is above the bottom of the hole when its kinetic energy equals ¼ of its initial kinetic energy:

 

 

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