A batter hits a pitched ball when the center of the ball is 1.31 m above the ground.The ball leaves the bat at an angle of 45° with the ground. With that launch, the ball should have a horizontal range (returning to the launch level) of 103 m. (a) Does the ball clear a 8.55-m-high fence that is 93.0 m horizontally from the launch point? (b) At the fence, what is the distance between the fence top and the ball center?

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Answer:

Explanation:

Given

ball is at height of 1.31 m

Horizontal Range=103 m

launch angle[tex]=45 ^{\circ}[/tex]

[tex]Range=\frac{u^2\sin 2\theta }{g}[/tex]

[tex]103=\frac{u^2\sin 90}{9.8}[/tex]

u=31.77 m/s

we know equation of trajectory of Projectile is

[tex]y=x\tan \theta -\frac{gx^2}{2u^2\cos ^2 \theta }[/tex]

here x=93 m

[tex]y=93\times \tan 45-\frac{9.8\times 93^2}{2\times 31.77^2\times \cos ^{2}45}[/tex]

y=9.02 m

Thus at x=93 m ball is at a height of 9.02 above its initial position i.e. 10.33 m above ground

Distance between fence and height of ball=10.33-8.55=1.78 m

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