Answered

Billy throws a peach vertically upward. It takes 3 seconds for the peach to land back in his hand. How fast did Billy throw the peach?

Answer :

sqdancefan

Answer:

  48 ft/s

Explanation:

Acceleration due to gravity decreased the upward velocity to zero in 1.5 seconds (half the total time), so the initial velocity must have been ...

  (32 ft/s^2)(1.5 s) = 48 ft/s

Other Questions