An object is thrown upwards from the ground level at a speed of 58m/s. It travels upwards to the highest point of its path and then falls back to the ground. What is the objects speed and direction right as it is about to hit the ground at the end of it's fall? *   24 m/s upwards 24 m/s downwards 0 m/s upwards 9.8 m/s upwards 9.8 m/s downwards 58 m/s upwards 58 m/s downwards

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  • An object is thrown upwards from the ground level at a speed of 58m/s. It travels upwards to the highest point of its path and then falls back to the ground. What is the objects speed and direction right as it is about to hit the ground at the end of it's fall? *

 

24 m/s upwards

24 m/s downwards

0 m/s upwards

9.8 m/s upwards

9.8 m/s downwards

58 m/s upwards

58 m/s downwards

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