Solved: A 0.60-kg basketball is dropped out of a window

Chapter 6, Problem 6.100

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A 0.60-kg basketball is dropped out of a window that is 6.1 m above the ground. The ball is caught by a person whose hands are 1.5 m above the ground. (a) How much work is done on the ball by its weight? What is the gravitational potential energy of the basketball, relative to the ground, when it is (b) released and (c) caught? (d) How is the change (PEf PE0) in the balls gravitational potential energy related to the work done by its weight?

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