Homework Help: physics

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 2:48pm.

a person throws a ball upward into the air with an initial velocity of 20.0 m/s, calculate how high it goes

physics - drwls, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 2:55pm
It rises to height H such that the potential energy gain equals initial kinetic energy.

M g H = (1/2) M V^2

H = V^2/(2 g)

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