Physics (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321976444
Author: James S. Walker
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 24PCE
Baseball and the Washington Monument 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?
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