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ISBN: 9781285761954

Author: Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 3, Problem 56AP

A ball is thrown straight upward and returns to the thrower’s hand after 3.00 s in the air. A second ball thrown at an angle of 30.0° with the horizontal reaches the same maximum height as the first ball, (a) At what speed was the first ball thrown? (b) At what speed was the second ball thrown?

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A ball is thrown straight upward and returns to the thrower’s hand after 3.00 s in the air. A second ball thrown at an angle of 30.0° with the horizontal reaches the same maximum height as the first ball, (a) At what speed was the first ball thrown? (b) At what speed was the second ball thrown?

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