A 2kg ball moving at 2 m/s is rolling towards an inclined plane. It eventually rolls up the hill to a position near the top of the ramp where it momentarily stops before it rolls back down. How high up the ramp does the ball roll?

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Killian

12 December, 06:20

A 2kg ball moving at 2 m/s is rolling towards an inclined plane. It eventually rolls up the hill to a position near the top of the ramp where it momentarily stops before it rolls back down. How high up the ramp does the ball roll?

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Aliyah Hernandez · Answer 1

Remember that energy is always conserved, so all the kinetic energy of the ball will be converted to potential energy at the top of its roll.

1/2 (2) (2) ^2 = 2*9.81*h

h = 0.204 m g is taken 9.81 ms-1