The velocity of the ball is zero at the point of release.
Thus the ball have the least kinetic energy just after it is released.
What is kinetic energy?
The energy of the object due to its motion is known as the kinetic energy of that object.
As the ball has some height before it is dropped.
Due to this height the ball posse some potential energy which is equal to the product of its mass, height and the gravitational force.Here kinetic energy is zero.
- (A) After it has hit the ground- When the ball hits the ground the kinetic energy becomes maximum and the potential energy of it becomes zero.
- (B) Just before it hits the ground- As just before it hits the ground the ball achieve the highest speed and least potential energy as the height is almost equals to zero here.
- (C) Just after it is released-At this point the ball has maximum potential energy due to the highest height it has, but least kinetic energy due to the zero velocity.
- (D) Half way through the fall- At the halfway the ball has some height, thus it will posses the potential energy. As the ball is dropping it will have the kinetic energy as well. Thus at half way the mechanical energy of the ball is half the potential and half the kinetic energy.
Hence the ball have the least kinetic energy just after it is released.
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