Suppose you throw a baseball straight up into the air at t = 0. The ball reaches a maximum height of 22.5 meters above its starting position. Ignore air resistance for this problem. (a) What was the initial velocity of the ball at the moment it left your hand? Hint: the velocity goes to zero at the highest point of the motion. (b) At what time (in seconds) did the ball reach its maximum height? (c) If you threw the ball up into the air with double the initial velocity that you found in part (a), how high would it go?

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Suppose you throw a baseball straight up into the air at t = 0. The ball reaches a maximum
height of 22.5 meters above its starting position. Ignore air resistance for this problem.
(a) What was the initial velocity of the ball at the moment it left your hand? Hint: the
velocity goes to zero at the highest point of the motion.
(b) At what time (in seconds) did the ball reach its maximum height?
(c) If you threw the ball up into the air with double the initial velocity that you found in
part (a), how high would it go? 

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  • (a) What was the initial velocity of the ball at the moment it left your hand?
  • (b) At what time (in seconds) did the ball reach its maximum height?
  • (c) If you threw the ball up into the air with double the initial velocity that you found in part (a), how high would it go? 
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