Question

A ball is thrown upward from an initial height of 2 meters. The ball reaches a height of 5 meters then falls to the ground. What is the total distance traveled by the ball?

Answer 1

We will have the following:

First, we find the distance it traveled upward:

`d_u=5m`

Now, we find the distance it traveled to the ground:

`d_d=5m+2m\Rightarrow d_d=7m`

Now, the total distance is:

`d_T=d_u+d_{\text{d}}\Rightarrow d_T=5m+7m`
`\Rightarrow d_T=12m`

So, the ball traveled a total of 12 meters.