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Physics of basketball

necharles17

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there is physics in every sport whether you realize it or not. In basketball there is physics when you dribble the ball. You are putting X amount of force on the ball and the ball is putting that much force on the ground. The basketball has potential energy at the point when it is in my hand jus about to be bounced. When the ball if accelerating downwards due to gravity, the potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy increases. The potential energy when the ball is in my hand depends on the mass of the ball, gravity which is always a constant on earth, and the height because the equation is PE=mgh.The kinetic energy depends on the balls mass and velocity because the equation is KE=1/2mv^2.

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