A child tosses a ball straight up into the air. When is the ball's potential energy the greatest?

A. when it reaches the top of its flight

B. when it first leaves the child's hand

C. when it approaches the top of its flight

D. when it begins to fall back to the child's hand

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Slade Jones

Biology

3 October, 03:11

A child tosses a ball straight up into the air. When is the ball's potential energy the greatest?

A. when it reaches the top of its flight

B. when it first leaves the child's hand

C. when it approaches the top of its flight

D. when it begins to fall back to the child's hand

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Hamlet · Answer 1

A. when it reaches the top of its flight

Explanation:

This theory is base on gravitational potential energy which state that potential energy in an object increases as weight and height increases.

the amount of potential energy stored by an object depend s on the mass and height.

A child tosses a ball straight up into the air. When is the ball's potential energy the greatest?A. when it reaches the top of its flightB. when it first leaves the child's handC. when it approaches the top of its flightD. when it begins to fall back to the child's hand

A child tosses a ball straight up into the air. When is the ball's potential energy the greatest?

A. when it reaches the top of its flight

B. when it first leaves the child's hand

C. when it approaches the top of its flight

D. when it begins to fall back to the child's hand