A football is kicked vertically upward from the ground and a student gazing out of a window sees it coming passed him at 16ft/sec. The window is 30ft above the ground.
a. How high does the ball go above the ground?
b. How long does it take to go from a height of 30ft to the highest point?
a and b) We know that the velocity upwards is determined by
that result allow us to calculate the height by considering that the initial velocity occurs when the height reached is 30 ft. The final height is described by
In conclusion, the maximum height reached from the bottom is 33.98 ft while it takes 0.497 s for the ball to reach the maximum height.
Reference:
Young, H. D., Freedman, R. A., & Ford, A. L. (2006). Sears and Zemansky's university physics (Vol. 1). Pearson education.
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