Suppose we throw a baseball with an initial speed of 12 m/s in a direction 60° upward from the horizontal. What is the baseball’s speed at the peak of its trajectory?

A. 12 m/s
B. 10.4 m/s
C. 6 m/s
D. 3 m/s
E. 0 m/s
F. Other (specify)


C. 6 m/s

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