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The pitcher throws the baseball horizontally with a speed of 140 ft/s from a height of 5...

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.

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Step #1 of 3

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

Step #2 of 3

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

Step #3 of 3

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

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