A baseball thrown at an angle of 60° above the horizontal strikes a building 18.0 m away at a point 8.00 m above the point from which it is thrown. Ignore air resistance. – Find the ball's initial speed. - Find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of the ball just before it strikes the building.

A baseball thrown at an angle of 60° above the horizontal strikes a building 18.0 m away at a point 8.00 m above the point from which it is thrown. Ignore air resistance. – Find the ball's initial speed. - Find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of the ball just before it strikes the building.

Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

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Chapter4: Motion In Two Dimensions

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