A ball is thrown straight up. What is its velocity and acceleration at the top?

Taniyah Hartman

Taniyah Hartman

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2022-12-26

A ball is thrown straight up. What is its velocity and acceleration at the top?

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blasonavifdo

blasonavifdo

Beginner2022-12-27Added 10 answers

At the highest point, the ball is stopped, once the ball has been stopped there for a while, its velocity will zero out. For the acceleration, as the ball is thrown as and then moving down with the virtue of acceleration due to gravity, the acceleration due to gravity works as the acceleration.It can be concluded that, when the ball is thrown straight up, the velocity at the highest point is zero. As it temporarily comes to a stop in that location, gravity acts as an acceleration. Now, the velocity at the top is zero and the acceleration at the top is 9.8ms-2 in the downward direction.

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