Question

PROJECTILE MOTION PROBLEM:If you drop an object from a height of 1.5m, it will hit the ground in 0.55 seconds. If a baseball pitcher throws a baseball horizontally with an initial speed of 35 m/s from the same height: 1. How long will the ball take to hit the ground? 2. Where will the baseball land relative to the feet of the pitcher?

Answer 1

a)
`t=0.55sec`

b)
`d=19.25m`

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that:

Height
`h=1.5m`

Time
`t=0.55 seconds`

Speed
`V=30m/s`

a)

Generally the Newtons equation for the time taken to hit the ground is mathematically given by

`s=(1)/(2)gt^2`

`t=\sqrt{(2s)/(g)}`

`t=\sqrt{(2(1.5))/(9.81)}`

`t=0.55sec`

b)

Generally the equation for distance traveled is mathematically given by

`d=speed*time`

`d=35*0.55`

`d=19.25m`