Question

Problem 15c

Answer 1

Given information

Given that a basketball is shot into the basket and asked to explain the energy transformations taking place in the process.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Energy is the ability to perform work. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can be transformed from one form to another.

 

 In the case of shooting a basket in basketball the basketball player throw the ball upward. Here, a positive work is done by the basketball player on the basketball ball. This work is stored as the kinetic energy of the ball.