College Physics (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 10P
| A baseball pitcher throws a fastball horizontally at a speed of 42.0 m/s. Ignoring air resistance, how far does the ball drop between the pitcher’s mound and home plate, 60 ft 6 in. away?
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