During a baseball game, a baseball is struck at ground level by a batter. The ball leaves the baseball bat with an initial speed v0 = 42 m/s at an angle θ = 43° above horizontal. Let the origin of the Cartesian coordinate system be the ball's position the instant it leaves the bat. Air resistance may be ignored throughout this problem.

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 During a baseball game, a baseball is struck at ground level by a batter. The ball leaves the baseball bat with an initial speed v0 = 42 m/s at an angle θ = 43° above horizontal. Let the origin of the Cartesian coordinate system be the ball's position the instant it leaves the bat. Air resistance may be ignored throughout this problem.

d.)Enter an expression in terms of v0θ, and g for the time tmax it takes the ball to travel to its maximum vertical height. 

e.)Calculate the horizontal distance xmax in meters that the ball has traveled when it returns to ground level. 

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