SOLUTION: If a baseball (m=.450 kg) is thrown up with a velocity of 8 m/s, how many meters high will it reach?

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Question 1182901: If a baseball (m=.450 kg) is thrown up with a velocity of 8 m/s, how many meters high will it reach?
Answer by ikleyn(52896) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the Conservation of Mechanical energy law


    %28mv%5E2%29%2F2 = mgh


Cancel the mass m in both sides


    v%5E2%2F2 = gh

    h = v%5E2%2F%282g%29 = 8%5E2%2F%282%2A10%29 = 64%2F20 = 32%2F10 = 3.2 meters.    ANSWER

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            The value of the mass is  IRRELEVANT  in this problem.