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9. A baseball diamond is a perfect square with sides of 90 ft in length: If we e

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Question

9. A baseball diamond is a perfect square with sides of 90 ft in length: If we establish our coordinate system such that the positive x-axis goes from home plate to first base, and the positive taxis goes from home plate to third base (as seen above), answer the following questions: a) What is the displacement vector for a player who hits a double? b) What about a triple? c) A home run? 10. A whale comes to the surface to breathe and then dives at an angle of 20.0 degree below the horizontal. If the whale continues in a straight line for 150 m, answer the following questions: a) How deep underwater is the whale? b) How far has the whale traveled horizontally?

Explanation / Answer

we have:

a) d=90sqrt{2} = 127.27 ft

b) d = 90 ft

c) d = 0