A ball is thrown straight up with a speed of 12 meters per second near the surface of Earth. What is the maximum height reached by the ball?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-05T11:24:54

#"the maximum height of object is 7.34 meters"#

#"you can calculate " h_m=(v_i^2)/(2*g)#

#"where ;"#

#h_m:" maximum height"#
#v_i:" initial velocity"#
#g:" acceleration of gravity"#

#"plug "v_i=12" m/s"" , "g=9.81" "m/s^2#

#h_m=12^2/(2*9.81)#

#h_m=144/(19.62)#

#h_m=7.34 "meters"#