A boy wants use his slingshot to shoot a water balloon into the air. His slingshot has a spring constant of 60 N/m, and he pulls it back 1.5 m before
releasing the water balloon and launching it into the air. If air resistance can
be ignored and the water balloon has a mass of 0.5 kg, what is the
approximate maximum height that the water balloon can reach? (Recall that g
= 9.8 m/s2)
O A. 7.0 m
B. 4.6 m
C. 9.3 m
D. 13.8 m