Read the scenario, then answer the questions.

A 2 kg ball is thrown upward with a velocity of 15 m/s.
What is the kinetic energy of the ball as it is being thrown?
____J
What is the potential energy of the ball when it gets to its maximum height just before falling back to the ground?
____J

3 answers

KE = 1/2 mv^2
at the top, v=0, so all the KE has been converted to PE
Both parts are 225J.
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