A baseball with mass of 0.15 kg is batted into the air. Its initial speed is 22.3 m/s, directed at an angle 28 degrees above the horizontal. If the height of the ball when it was struck by the bat is 35 cm, what is the ball's horizontal distance from the batter when it lands lands on the ground?

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A baseball with mass of 0.15 kg is batted into the air. Its initial speed is 22.3 m/s, directed at an angle 28 degrees above the horizontal. If the height of the ball when it was struck by the bat is 35 cm, what is the ball's horizontal distance from the batter when it lands lands on the ground? 

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Initial speed of the ball is u = 22.3 m/s

Angle of projectile is 28 degrees

 

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