A 500-Kg Ball Is Hanging from a Long but Very Light

question 16

Multiple Choice

A 5.00-kg ball is hanging from a long but very light flexible wire when it is struck by a 1.50-kg stone traveling horizontally to the right at 12.0 m/s.The stone rebounds to the left with a speed of 8.50 m/s,and the ball swings to a maximum height h above its original level.The value of h is closest to

• A) 0.0563 m.
• B) 1.10 m.
• C) 1.93 m.
• D) 2.20 m.
• E) 3.69 m.

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