1.On August 25,1894, Chicago catcher William Schriver caught a baseball thrown from the top of the Washington Monument (555 ft, 898 steps). (a) If the ball was thrown horizontally with a speed of 5.00 m/s, where did it land? (b) What were the ball’s speed and direction of motion when caught? Graph and Explain.

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1.On August 25,1894, Chicago catcher William Schriver caught a baseball
thrown from the top of the Washington Monument (555 ft, 898
steps). (a) If the ball was thrown horizontally with a speed of
5.00 m/s, where did it land? (b) What were the ball’s speed and
direction of motion when caught? Graph and Explain.
 

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