Miguel claims that as a ball falls, it loses potential energy. Izzy claims that as a ball falls, it gains kinetic energy. Can both students be correct? Describe the evidence which would support each student's claim.

Abaseball has a mass of 0.145 kg and approaches a bat at 40.0 m/s. after it is hit, the ball leaves the bat at 50.0 m/s directly back. find the impulse of the bat on the ball. 7.25 kg*m/s 13.1 kg*m/s 5.80 kg*m/s 1.45 kg*m/s

•• al and bert are jogging side-by-side on a trail in the woods at a speed of 0.75 m/s. suddenly al sees the end of the trail 35 m ahead and decides to speed up to reach it. he accelerates at a constant rate of 0.50 m/s2, while bert continues on at a constant speed. (a) how long does it take al to reach the end of the trail? (b) once he reaches the end of the trail, he immediately turns around and heads back along the trail with a constant speed of 0.85 m/s. how long does it take him to meet up with bert? (c) how far are they from the end of the trail when they meet?

Light traveling in water, nwater = 1.33, strikes a plastic block at an angle of incidence of 51.4°; part of the beam is reflected and part is refracted. if the index of refraction of the plastic is 2.0, what is the angle made by the reflected and refracted beams?