A compressed spring in a toy is used to launch a 8.00-gram ball. If the ball leaves the toy with an initial horizontal speed of 6.00 meters per second, the minimum amount of potential elergy stored in the compressed spring was

22. the top of a cliff is located a distance h above the ground. at a distance h/2 there is a branch that juts out from the side of the cliff, and on this branch a bird's nest is located. two children throw stones at the nest with the same initial speed, one stone straight downward from the top of the cliff and the other stone straight upward from the ground. in the absence of air resistance, which stone hits the nest in the least amount of time?