College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 4, Problem 24P
| A person throws a 2.5 lb stone into the air with an initial upward speed of 15 ft/s. Make a free-body diagram for this stone (a) after it is free of the person’s hand and is traveling upward, (b) at its highest point (c) when it is traveling downward, and (d) while it is being thrown upward, but is still in contact with the person’s hand.
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