The Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9780073513904
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 16CQ
A ball is thrown straight upward and then returns to the Earth. Sketch a graph of the speed (not velocity) of this ball against time. Where does the ball change direction? Explain. Indicate this point on your graph. Compare your graph to the graph of velocity versus time from the previous question.
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