A hard rubber ball, not affected by air resistance in its motion, is tossed upward from shoulder height, falls to the sidewalk, rebounds to a somewhat smaller maximum height, and is caught on its way down again. This motion is represented in the figure below, where the successive positions of the ball circle a through circle g are not equally spaced in time. At point circle e the center of the ball is at its lowest point in the motion. The motion of the ball is along a straight line, but the diagram shows successive positions offset to the right to avoid overlapping. Consider the positive y direction to be upward.
In each ranking below, remember that zero is greater than a negative value. Use a for circle a, b for circle b, etc. Use only ">" or "=" symbols. If any elements are equal, show their equality in alphabetic order (for example: a>b=c).
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(a) Rank the situations circle a through circle g according to the speed of the ball |vy| at each point, with the largest speed first.
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(b) Rank the same situations according to the velocity of the ball at each point.
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(c) Rank the same situations according to the acceleration ay of the ball at each point.
A) d>f>a=c>g>b=e
B) f>a>g>b=e>c>d
C) ......
I need help with C
i thought acceleration would be constant throughout; but its not ...
any suggestions?
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