A batter hits a baseball 1.75 ft above the ground towards 3rd base. If the ball

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A batter hits a baseball 1.75 ft above the ground towards 3rd base. If the ball takes 0.50 s to get to the 3rd baseman (who is 96 ft from homeplate) and it passes just above the jumping 3rd baseman's glove, what is the initial velocity of the ball? Assume the 3rd baseman (with his glove on) can reach to a height of 9 ft, and can jump 38 inches off the ground. How many m/s @ how many degrees, with respect to the ground. If the left-field wall is 362 ft away, and 11 ft tall, will this result in a home run?

Explanation / Answer

change the numbers plz

t = d/v
= 400ft /[114 ft/s * cos 48]

h = h_i + v *t - 1/2 g t^2

= 3 ft + (114 ft/s * sin 48) * t - 1/2 * 32 ft/s^2 * t^2

I solved this once before, but Y!A deleted my answer and said "Oops".
I got an answer of 7.5 ft which means it won't clear the fence. I leave it to you to redo the math.

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