You are inside of an 88 m building, to relieve stress you throw a ball vertically upward from the edge of the building and falls to the ground 5 s after leaving to your hand. Assume that your hand is 2 m above the roof of the building. Find (a) the initial velocity of the ball (b) the time to reach the maximum height and (c) the maximum height reached.

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You are inside of an 88 m building, to relieve stress you throw a ball vertically upward from the edge of the building and falls to the ground 5 s after leaving to your hand. Assume that your hand is 2 m above the roof of the building. Find (a) the initial velocity of the ball (b) the time to reach the maximum height and (c) the maximum height reached.

 

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