To find: How far horizontally and vertically from home plate does the ball lands.
The ball lands at
Given information:
Given that the path of a baseball hit for a home run can be modelled by:
The model for the stand is given as
Calculation:
Find the value of
Substitute this value of
Solving the above equation gives:
The value -95.96 cannot be used because it is given that
So
Substitute the value of
Horizontally and vertically from home plate the ball lands at
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