Find the direction of the velocity of the baseball just before it strikes the building.

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A baseball thrown at an angle of 65.0 degrees above the horizontal strikes a building 17.0 m away at a point 5.00 m above the point from which it is thrown. Ignore air resistance.

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Previous found answers for parts A and B respectively:

A)magnitude of the initial velocity of the baseball: 15.9m/s

B) magnitude of the velocity of the baseball just before it strikes the building: 12.4m/s

C)Find the direction of the velocity of the baseball just before it strikes the building.

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