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Course: High school physics - NGSS > Unit 4

Lesson 2: Energy in systems
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High school physics - NGSS
Modeling energy
Energy in systems
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A basketball player lifts a 0.600kg ball from the floor and shoots it at the hoop. Unfortunately, he misses, and the ball bounces off the backboard at a height of 3.30m with a speed of 8.00m/s. Assume that no energy was lost while the ball was in the air or when it hit the backboard. Use g=9.80m/s2.
How much mechanical energy did the player transfer to the ball?
Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
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