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When you throw a ball downward What is its acceleration?
Basically, the same principles of gravity and relative motion can be observed when a ball is thrown or dropped. all 3 are similar in that no matter how the ball is thrown or dropped, there is always an acceleration of 9.8m/s downward.
What happens when a ball leaves your hand?
You are accelerating the ball downwards by throwing it, but once it has left your hand, your hand no longer accelerates it. Ignoring resistance from air, etc, the only remaining force is the force of gravity.
What happens when you throw a ball downward?
When you throw or project an object downward, it is accelerated until it is released at some velocity. If you know this initial velocity, there are simple derived equations that allow you to calculate the time it takes for it to reach a given velocity or when it reaches a given displacement from the starting point.
When a ball is thrown what is the direction of its acceleration when it is at the highest point of its path ignore air resistance?
Acceleration from gravity is always constant and downward, but the direction and magnitude of velocity change. At the highest point in its trajectory, the ball has zero velocity, and the magnitude of velocity increases again as the ball falls back toward the earth (see figure 1).
What caused the ball to move?
There is a normal force from the surface on the ball. As long as the surface is straight, this force is equal to the force of gravity (the weight of the ball). Once you reach the curve, the normal force increases and the ball is accelerated upwards.
Why does a ball thrown upwards fall vertically downwards when only an upward force was applied on it?
Explanation: Explanation:This is because of “Gravitational force or Gravity” acting on an object. The Earth pulls heavier object with great force as compared to lighter object.
Is the ball moving upwards when it leaves your hand?
That is not the case. The ball has an initial velocity upwards, but the only force acting on the ball once it has left your hand is gravity. Once the ball leaves your hand, it is moving upwards, but getting slower and slower, i.e. it is decelerating (or accelerating downwards).
What is the acceleration of the ball as it leaves the hand?
As soon as the ball leaves the thrower’s hand, the only force acting on it is gravity, so its acceleration is g downwards. Note that while it is in the air the acceleration of the ball remains the same even though the velocity changes.
What is the final velocity when a ball is thrown upward?
The height where the velocity becomes zero which is the maximum height the ball went upward, say is H. And for this upward movement, the final velocity v2 is 0 because the ball has stopped at the end of this upward traversal. Why an object thrown upwards comes down after reaching a point?
Can a ball with a downward force still move up?
An object with a downward force can still move up because of the initial speed (given by the force from the hand that is no longer acting). Gravity is the only force acting and its effect will be to accelerate the ball downward, that is, deaccelerate the upward motion first, and accelerate it downward once it stops its way up.$\\endgroup$