A 150g baseball is thrown directly upwards with a velocity of 20.0m/s. 1.00 second later an 8.00g bullet is fired upwards at the baseball with a velocity of 300m/s. The bullet collides and embeds itself in the ball. Find the maximum height of the bullet/ball pair.

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A 150g baseball is thrown directly upwards with a velocity of 20.0m/s. 1.00 second later an 8.00g bullet is fired upwards at the baseball with a velocity of 300m/s. The bullet collides and embeds itself in the ball. Find the maximum height of the bullet/ball pair.

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