A home run is hit in such a way that the baseball just clears a wall...

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A home run is hit in such a way that the baseball just clears awall 14 m high, located 120 m from home plate. The ball is hit atan angle of 37° to the horizontal, and air resistance isnegligible. (Assume that the ball is hit at a height of 1.0 m abovethe ground.)

(a) Find the initial speed of the ball.
-answer in m/s

(b) Find the time it takes the ball to reach the wall.
-answer in s

(c) Find the velocity components of the ball when it reaches thewall.

x-componentm/s
y-componentm/s


Find the speed of the ball when it reaches the wall.
m/s

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