A baseball pitcher throws a pitch horizontally at 30 m/s. Assuming air friction is negligible (which is often not a good assumption in baseball), how far will the ball have dropped by the time it crosses home plate 18.3 m away?

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A baseball pitcher throws a pitch horizontally at 30 m/s. Assuming air friction is negligible
(which is often not a good assumption in baseball), how far will the ball have dropped by the
time it crosses home plate 18.3 m away?
Transcribed Image Text:A baseball pitcher throws a pitch horizontally at 30 m/s. Assuming air friction is negligible (which is often not a good assumption in baseball), how far will the ball have dropped by the time it crosses home plate 18.3 m away?
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