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When the golf ball reaches the maximum height what happens to the vertical velocity

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Answer:

Becomes zero

Step-by-step explanation:

When a projectile reaches maximum height, the vertical component of its velocity is momentarily zero (vy = 0 m/s). However, the horizontal component of its velocity is not zero.

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Answer:

At its highest point, the vertical velocity is zero. As the object falls toward Earth again, the vertical velocity increases again in magnitude but points in the opposite direction to the initial vertical velocity.

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