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Isaac drop ball from height og 2.0 m, and it bounces to a height of 1.5 m what is the speed before and after the ball bounce?

User Henry Pham
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Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that, Isaac drop ball from height of 2.0 m, and it bounces to a height of 1.5 m.

We need to find the speed before and after the ball bounce.

Let u is the initial speed of the ball when he dropped from height of 2 m. The conservation of energy holds here. So,


(1)/(2)mu^2=mgh\\\\u=√(2gh) \\\\u=√(2* 9.8* 2) \\\\u=6.26\ m/s

Let v is the final speed when it bounces to a height of 1.5 m. So,


(1)/(2)mv^2=mgh\\\\v=√(2gh) \\\\v=√(2* 9.8* 1.5) \\\\v=5.42\ m/s

So, the speed before and after the ball bounce is 6.26 m/s and 5.42 m/s respectively.

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