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A ball is thrown straight up into the air, with an initial speed of 28.2 m/s. How fast is it moving after 1.00 s?

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The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s per second.  If gravity is
the only force acting on an object and the object is free to move,
then its downward speed grows by 9.8 m/s every second.  If it
happens to be moving up, then its upward speed shrinks by 9.8 m/s
every second, until it runs out of upward gas and starts falling.

If the upward speed of the ball is 28.2 m/s at some point in time, then
its upward speed is  (28.2 - 9.8) = 18.4 m/s one second later.

Answer:

After 1.00 sec the speed of the ball will be \(18.4 \frac{m}{s}\)

Explanation:

The equation to find the speed at a given time in a vertical thrown is:

\(s=s_0-g(t-t_0)\)

Where \(s_0\) is the speed at a time \(t_0\), and \(g\) is the accelaration due to gravity.

Then we can calculate the speed of the ball after 1.00 sec replacing the given data:

\(s=s_0-g(t-t_0)\)

\(s_1=28.2 \frac{m}{s} -9.8 \frac{m}{s^2} (1 s-0s)\)

\(s_1=18.4 \frac{m}{s}\)

Then, after 1.00 sec the speed of the ball will be \(18.4 \frac{m}{s}\)

The used equation can be found integrating the definition of acceleration as the derivative of speed with respect of time. Like this:

\(a=\frac{ds}{dt}\)

\(adt=ds\)

Integrating both sides:

\(\int\limits^t_{t_0} {a} \, dt = \int\limits^s_{s_0} {ds}\)

\((at) \Big|_{t_0}^t = (s)\Big|_{s_0}^s\)

\(a(t-t_0)=(s-s_0)\)

\(s=s_0+a(t-t_0)\)

In te case of a vertical thrown, \(a=-g\) so

\(s=s_0-g(t-t_0)\)