Question

baseball player hits a line drive estimated to have traveled 145 meters the ball leaves the bat with a horizontal velocity of 40.0 m/s . how much time was the ball in the air

Answer 1

3.63 s

Step-by-step explanation:

Since distance d = vt where v = velocity and t = time taken to cover the distance.

Now, the baseball traveled a distance of d = 145 m with a horizontal velocity of 40.0 m/s.

So, making t subject of the formula,

t = d/v

Substituting the values of d and v we have

t = 145 m/40.0 m/s

= 3.625 s

≅ 3.63 s

So the time the ball was in the air is 3.63 s