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 September 8th, 2008, 11:05 AM #1 Newbie   Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 A Ball is thrown into the air... Here's the problem: Imagine throwing a rock straight up in the air. What is the initial velocity if the rock reaches a max height of 100m? There is no mention of time, which seems to be the only variable I need to solve the problem. What I have: A(t)=-10 (to keep it simple) V(t)=-10t+Vo ----------------------here we have initial velocity. V(t) is 0, but we still can't determine Vo S(t)=100=-5t^2 + Vot + C---------C is initial height (0m), When I solve for Vo in S(t) and substitute it in V(t), I get t=sqrt(20), with Vo=44.72, and the book says the answer is 80. Can someone help please? Thanks!
 September 8th, 2008, 02:44 PM #2 Senior Member   Joined: May 2008 From: York, UK Posts: 1,300 Thanks: 0 Re: A Ball is thrown into the air... If the question really is as you stated, I think you are right.
 September 9th, 2008, 01:52 PM #3 Senior Member   Joined: May 2007 Posts: 402 Thanks: 0 Re: A Ball is thrown into the air... The total energy before throwing it and at it's peak must be the same. Here, I mean the kinetic and potential energy. So, you have: $m g h= \frac{m v^2}{2}$ $2 g h= v^2$ $v= \sqrt{2 g h} = \sqrt{1962} \approx 44.29m/s$
 January 23rd, 2018, 12:55 PM #4 Newbie   Joined: Jan 2018 From: Iowa Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 The problem is 100 feet not meters, so you wouldn't use 9.8m but 16ft. You we're doing it right the whole time just with the wrong numbers.
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 Originally Posted by hikagi Here's the problem: Imagine throwing a rock straight up in the air. What is the initial velocity if the rock reaches a max height of 100m? There is no mention of time, which seems to be the only variable I need to solve the problem. What I have: A(t)=-10 (to keep it simple) V(t)=-10t+Vo ----------------------here we have initial velocity. V(t) is 0, but we still can't determine Vo S(t)=100=-5t^2 + Vot + C---------C is initial height (0m), When I solve for Vo in S(t) and substitute it in V(t), I get t=sqrt(20), with Vo=44.72, and the book says the answer is 80. Can someone help please? Thanks!

$v_f^2 = v_0^2 - 2g \cdot \Delta y$

at maximum height, $v_f = 0$ ...

$0 = v_0^2 - 2g \cdot \Delta y \implies v_0 = \sqrt{2g \cdot \Delta y} = \sqrt{1960} \approx 44.4 \, m/s$

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