One of the fastest recorded pitches in major-league baseball, thrown by tim lincecum in 2009, was clocked at 101.0 mi/h. if a pitch were thrown horizontally with this velocity, how far would the ball fall vertically by the time it reached home plate, 60.5 ft away?

0.82 m

Explanation:

The initial velocity of the ball (horizontal velocity) is

And this horizontal velocity is constant during the motion of the ball.

The horizontal distance covered by the ball is

So the time it took for the ball to reach the ground was

The vertical distance covered by the ball during this time interval is

where

a = g = 9.8 m/s^2

is the acceleration due to gravity

Substituting,

answer is slate

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