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?

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Tuong Le · Answer 1 · 2023-03-05T15:25:05+0000

We will have the following:

First, we find the distance it traveled upward:

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.