Category Archives: Graduate

Items appropriate for use in a graduate-level physics course.

A2L Item 270

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A person throws a ball straight up. The ball rises to a maximum height
and falls back down so that the person catches it. When is the
acceleration of the ball at its MAXIMUM?

  1. Just after it leaves the person’s hand.
  2. At its maximum height.
  3. Just before the person catches it.
  4. Both 1 and 3.
  5. None of the above.

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