Consider a football thrown directly northward at a latitude of 40◦N. The distance of the quarterback from the receiver is 20 yards (18.5 m), and the speed of the thrown ball is 25 m/s.Does the Coriolis effect deflect the ball to the right or to the left? By what amount (in meters) is the ball deflected? Does the receiver need to worry about correcting for the deflection, or should he be more worried about being nailed by the free safety? (Hint: The angular velocity~ω of the Earth’srotation is parallel to the rotation axis.

Consider a football thrown directly northward at a latitude of 40◦N. The distance of the quarterback from the receiver is 20 yards (18.5 m), and the speed of the thrown ball is 25 m/s.Does the Coriolis effect deflect the ball to the right or to the left? By what amount (in meters) is the ball deflected? Does the receiver need to worry about correcting for the deflection, or should he be more worried about being nailed by the free safety? (Hint: The angular velocity~ω of the Earth’srotation is parallel to the rotation axis.