• You tossed a five-peso coin upward

with a velocity of +10 m/s.

Neglecting air resistance, find the
maximum height reached by your
coin.
Is there a problem in this problem?
• You tossed a five-peso coin upward
with a velocity of +10 m/s.
Neglecting air resistance, find the
maximum height reached by your
coin.
• Linear motion deals with forward and
backward motion or along the x axis.

• There are also motions that follow up and

down direction or along the y axis. The
saying “What goes up always goes down”
exhibits this kind of motion.

• When air resistance and friction are not

considered, we call the motion as free fall.
• The acceleration of a free falling body is
called acceleration due to gravity. It is
denoted by the letter “g” with a value of
-9.8 m/s2.
• The negative sign expresses that the
acceleration is moving downward or
towards the center of the earth.
. • Free fall motion problem does
not always involve downward
motion. Look at the picture on
the right and notice that we can
also solve for the upward
motion.

• The coin is an example of a free

falling object. The motion may be
upward
or downward but both will
always be influenced by 𝒈 = −𝟗. 𝟖
.

• Initial velocity and final velocity are equal

and this indicates another interesting
characteristic of free fall motion.

• The asymmetric characteristic indicates that

at any
displacement y above the point of release, the
coin’s speed during the upward trip equals
the speed at the same point during the
downward trip.
Sample problem:

• You throw a ball

vertically upward from
the roof of a tall
building. The ball
leaves your hand at a
point even with the roof
railing with an upward
speed of 15 m/s; the
ball is then in free fall.
On its way back down,
it is just misses the
railing.
Sample problem:

• You throw a ball • Find

vertically upward from (a.) the ball’s position and
the roof of a tall velocity 4s after leaving your
building. The ball hand;
leaves your hand at a (b) the ball’s velocity when it
point even with the roof is 5 m above the railing;
railing with an upward (c) the maximum height
speed of 15 m/s; the reached; (d) the ball’s
ball is then in free fall. acceleration when it is at its
On its way back down, maximum height.
it is just misses the
railing.
• Given:
• 𝜐0 = +15 𝑚/𝑠
• 𝑎 = −9.8 𝑚/𝑠2
• Find: a. 𝒚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒗 𝑎𝑡 4𝑠
• b. 𝝊 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑡 5𝑚 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔
• c. maximum y
• d. a at maximum height
 3rd equation

1st equation
4th equation
Now, can you solve this?
.

• You tossed a five-peso coin upward

with a velocity of +10 m/s.
Neglecting air resistance, find the
maximum height reached by your
coin.
• You tossed a five-
peso coin upward
with a velocity of
+10 m/s. Neglecting
air resistance, find
the maximum height
reached by your
coin.
• You tossed a five-
peso coin upward
with a velocity of
+10 m/s. Neglecting
air resistance, find
the maximum height
reached by your
coin.
.
• V2 = Vo2 + 2 g y
• 0= (10 m/s)2 + 2 (-9.8m/s2) y
• 0= 100 m2s2 + (-19.6m/s2 ) y
• V2 = Vo2 + 2 g y
• 0= (10 m/s)2 + 2 (-9.8m/s2) y
• 0= 100 m2s2 + (-19.6m/s2 ) y
1

• 19.6m/s2 y = 100 m2s2

• 19.6m/s2 19.6m/s2
• V2 = Vo2 + 2 g y
• 0= (10 m/s)2 + 2 (-9.8m/s2) y
• 0= 100 m2s2 + (-19.6m/s2 ) y
1

• 19.6m/s2 y = 100 m2s2

• 19.6m/s2 19.6m/s2

• y= 5.10m