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A baseball is thrown by the center fielder (from shoulder level) to home plate where it is caught (on the fly at eye level) by the catcher. At what point does the magnitude of the vertical component of velocity have its maximum value? (air resistance is negligible)
 a. just after leaving the center fielder's hand
  b. just before arriving at the catcher's mitt
  c. at the top of the trajectory
  d. the magnitude of vertical component of velocity is constant

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A baseball is thrown by the center fielder (from shoulder level) to home plate where it is caught (on the fly at shoulder level) by the catcher. At what point is the magnitude of the acceleration at a minimum? Note: Air resistance is negligible.
 a. just after leaving the center fielder's hand
  b. just before arriving at the catcher's mitt
  c. at the top of the trajectory
  d. acceleration is constant during the entire trajectory



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brittanywood

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D




faduma

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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