Which statement best describes a relationship between a baseball potential energy and kinetic energy after it is thrown assume the ball travels in a straight line

The relationship between potential energy and kinetic energy of a baseball after it is thrown can be described as follows:

As the baseball is thrown, it primarily converts gravitational potential energy (if we consider the height from which it is thrown) and the energy from the thrower's motion into kinetic energy. Initially, when the ball is held at a height, it has a certain amount of gravitational potential energy. Once the ball is released and travels in a straight line, its potential energy decreases while its kinetic energy increases as it gains speed.

Overall, the total mechanical energy (the sum of potential and kinetic energy) is conserved in the absence of air resistance and other dissipative forces. Thus, as the ball’s height decreases (reducing its gravitational potential energy), its kinetic energy increases, leading to a greater speed of the ball until it reaches its highest velocity just after being thrown.