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Homework Statement
A ball is thrown vertically upwards and caught by the thrower on its return. Sketch a graph of velocity (taking the upward direction as positive) against time for he whole of its motion, neglecting air resistance. How, from such a graph, would you obtain an estimate of the height reached by the ball?
2. The attempt at a solution
I think the graph should be:
Where time is on the X-axis and velocity on the Y-axis. And maximum height: v2 = u2 + 2as with v = 0. (v = velocity at t, u = velocity at t = 0, s = distance travelled)
But I am not sure about this.
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