You toss a racquetball directly upward and then catch it at the same height you released it 1.82 s later. assume air resistance is negligible. (a) what is the acceleration of the ball while it is moving upward?

Neglecting air resistance, the acceleration of the ball is

the acceleration of gravity ... 9.8 m/s² downward.

It doesn't matter what you toss, what it's mass is, what it weighs,

what color it is, how much it cost, what its shape or size is, how

fast you toss it, in what direction, or how long it's in the air.

Its horizontal acceleration is zero and its vertical acceleration

is 9.8 m/s² downward, from the moment it leaves your hand

until the moment somebody catches it or it hits the ground.