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Neil Armstrong is on the moon (acceleration due to gravity is 1.6 m/s2) and throws a golf ball straight up with an upward with a speed of 10 m/s. How high does the golf ball go?

 Jun 8, 2016
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Hello Damien!

 

Neil Armstrong is on the moon (acceleration due to gravity is 1.6 m/s2) and throws a golf ball straight up with an upward with a speed of 10 m/s. How high does the golf ball go?

 

mv²/2 = m * a * h

h = v² / 2a

h = 10² m² / (s² * 2 * 1.6 m/s²)

 

h = 31.25 m

 

The golf ball rises to the height of 31.25 m.

 

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 Jun 8, 2016
edited by asinus  Jun 8, 2016
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Neil Armstrong is on the moon (acceleration due to gravity is 1.6 m/s2) and throws a golf ball straight up with an upward with a speed of 10 m/s. How high does the golf ball go?

 

vup=v0vdown=gmoontv=vupvdownv=v0gmoonthigh max, if v=00=v0gmoontgmoont=v0t=v0gmoon

 

hup=v0thdown=gmoon2t2h=huphdownh=v0tgmoon2t2|t=v0gmoonhmax=v0(v0gmoon)gmoon2(v0gmoon)2hmax=v20gmoonv202gmoonhmax=v202gmoon

 

hmax=v202gmoon|v0=10 msgmoon=1.6ms2hmax=(10 ms)221.6ms2hmax=10221.6m2s2s2mhmax=10021.6 mhmax=31.25 m

 

The golf ball does go high 31.25 m.

 

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 Jun 8, 2016
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The height  of the ball above the Moon's surface at any time "t"  is given by :

 

h(t)  = (-1.6/2)t^2  + 10t

 

And the max height is given by :

 

c - b^2 / [4a]   =

 

0 - 10^2/ [ 4 (-1.6/2)]  =

 

-100/ [ -3.2]  = 

 

31.25 m

 

 

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 Jun 8, 2016

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