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If a ball is tossed straight up into the air, what position is its potential energy the greatest

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Answer:

when it reaches the top of its flight

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Potential energy is the greatest when the the kinetic energy is the least. This occurs when the ball loses the energy to fly higher, and begins to fall back to the ground.
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