The pitcher throws the baseball horizontally with a speed of 140 ft/s from a height of 5 ft. If the batter is 60 ft away, determine the time for the ball to arrive at the batter and the height h at which it passes the batter.
Pitcher throws the baseball horizontally with a speed
The batter is away by
The pitcher throws the ball at a height of from the ground
For the horizontal motion, we have
By substituting the values of the parameters into, we have
Time for the ball to arrive at the batter is
For the vertical motion, we have
By substituting the values of the parameters into, we have
The ball passes the batter at a height of