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describe how energy is conserved when a basketball is thrown straight up into the air and falls back into your hands

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When a ball is thrown upward, kinetic energy keeps on decreasing whereas potential energy keeps on increasing but the total energy of the ball will remain the same. The velocity is zero when the ball reaches maximum height. Hence no kinetic energy but only potential energy exist.

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