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2.5 Exercise 4

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A well-thrown ball is caught in a well-padded mitt. If the deceleration of the ball is 2.10×104 m/s22 . \text{10} \times \text{10}^{4} \text{ m}/\text{s}^{2}, and 1.85 ms (1 ms=10−3 s)\left(\text{1 ms} = \text{10}^{- 3} \text{ s}\right) elapses from the time the ball first touches the mitt until it stops, what was the initial velocity of the ball?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 2.5 Motion Equations for Constant Acceleration in One Dimension, exercise 4

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