You are going to toss a rock straight up into the air by placing it on the palm of your hand(you are not gripping it) then pushing your hand up very rapidly. Draw a free body a diagram for the rock for each situation, and write the sum of equation based on the free body diagram.
B. as your hand is moving up but before the rock leaves your hand.
Would the there be force up?
Fx= 0
Fy= n(normal force)-Mg (mass gravity)
C. Just as the rock leaves your hand
Fy= Mg
Force up???
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