Kyle, a 95.0 kg football player, leaps straight up into the air (with no horizontal velocity) to catch He hits the ground ball precisely at the peak of his jump, when he is 0.589 meters off the ground. where he leapt. If the ball was moving horizontally when it was caught, how fast was the ball trav

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Kyle, a 95.0 kg football player, leaps straight up into the air (with no horizontal velocity) to catch a pass. He catches the 0.430 kg
ball precisely at the peak of his jump, when he is 0.589 meters off the ground. He hits the ground 0.0409 meters away from
where he leapt. If the ball was moving horizontally when it was caught, how fast was the ball traveling?
ball's speed:
32.5
Incorrect
m/s
Transcribed Image Text:Kyle, a 95.0 kg football player, leaps straight up into the air (with no horizontal velocity) to catch a pass. He catches the 0.430 kg ball precisely at the peak of his jump, when he is 0.589 meters off the ground. He hits the ground 0.0409 meters away from where he leapt. If the ball was moving horizontally when it was caught, how fast was the ball traveling? ball's speed: 32.5 Incorrect m/s
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