What is the most stretched point of a longitudinal wave

Abaseball picther can throw a ball at about 90 miles per hour, v = 40 m/s, on solid rock ground. we now put him into space. when he throws the ball, which weighs mb = 0.15 kg moves away from himat the same speed. how long does it take the ball thrown in space to travel the 30 meters to the batter? he weighs mp = 100kg

Acaterpillar tries to climb straight up a wall a meter high, but for every 2 cm up it climbs, it slides down 1 cm. eventually, it reaches the top. when it reaches the top, it does not pull itself over so it will slide down 1 cm. what is the total displacement traveled?

Simon is writing a story about an astronaut whose spacecraft has been boarded by space pirates. the astronaut has her lucky penny in her hand behind her back as the space pirates break into the control room. she has just locked the controls so that the ship is accelerating in the direction of the control room’s ceiling. simon wants the astronaut to use the penny to hit a button on the control panel to turn off the lights and escape. the button is located a short distance behind and below the astronaut’s hands. how should simon use the theory of relativity to describe what the astronaut must do in order to hit the button?