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If u throw a ball up in air where is the total energy

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GPT 3.5
When you throw a ball up in the air, the total energy of the system is distributed between kinetic energy and potential energy.

As the ball moves upwards, kinetic energy decreases while potential energy increases. At the highest point of its trajectory, the ball's kinetic energy is at its minimum (zero) because it briefly comes to a stop before starting to fall back down. At this point, all of the energy is converted into potential energy.

When the ball starts coming back down, potential energy decreases while kinetic energy increases until it reaches the original launch point. At this point, all the energy is in the form of kinetic energy.

Therefore, at any point during the ball's flight, the total energy remains constant, but it transitions between kinetic energy and potential energy.

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