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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 smaller maximum height, and is caught on its way down again. This motion is represented in Figure OQ2.17, where the successive positions of the ball Ⓐ through Ⓔ are not equally spaced in lime. At point Ⓓ the center of the ball is at its lowest point in the motion. The motion of the ball is along a straight, vertical line, but the diagram shows successive positions offset to the right to avoid overlapping. Choose the positive y direction to be upward. (a) Rank the situations Ⓐ through Ⓔ according to the speed of the ball |νYl at each point, with the largest speed first, (b) Rank the same situations according to the acceleration a% of the ball at each point. (In both rankings, remember that zero is greater than a negative value. If two values are equal, show that they are equal in your ranking.)
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