A baseball pitcher throws a baseball horizontally at 25.2 m/s. It lands on home plate, 20.6 m away. How high above the ground was the baseball released?  6.55 m  4.01 m  8.01 m  3.27 m

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A baseball pitcher throws a baseball horizontally at 25.2 m/s. It lands on home plate, 20.6 m away. How high above the ground was the baseball released?


 6.55 m
 4.01 m
 8.01 m
 3.27 m

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S p e e d space o f space t h r o w comma space space v space equals space 25.2 space m divided by s
D i s tan c e space space b a l l space l a n d s comma space space x space equals space 20.6 space m space
l e t space h e i g h t space a b o v e space g r o u n d space b e space equals space y space m

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