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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 3 Problem 1SL

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Here is something to try at a sporting event. Show that the maximum height attained by an object projected into the air, such as a baseball, football, or soccer ball, is approximately given by

\(h\approx1.2t^2\mathrm{\ m}\),

where is the total time of flight for the object in seconds. Assume that the object returns to the same level as that from which it was launched, as in Fig. . For example, if you count to find that a baseball was in the air for \(t=5.0\mathrm{\ s}\), the maximum height attained was \(h=1.2\times(5.0)^2=30\mathrm{\ m}\). The fun of this relation is that can be determined without knowledge of the launch speed \(v_{0}\) or launch angle \(\theta_{0}\). Why is that exactly? See Section .

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The first step in solving 3 problem number trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Here is something to try at a sporting event. Show that the maximum height attained by an object projected into the air, such as a baseball, football, or soccer ball, is approximately given by \(h\approx1.2t^2\mathrm{\ m}\),where is the total time of flight for the object in seconds. Assume that the object returns to the same level as that from which it was launched, as in Fig. . For example, if you count to find that a baseball was in the air for \(t=5.0\mathrm{\ s}\), the maximum height attained was \(h=1.2\times(5.0)^2=30\mathrm{\ m}\). The fun of this relation is that can be determined without knowledge of the launch speed \(v_{0}\) or launch angle \(\theta_{0}\). Why is that exactly? See Section .
From the textbook chapter Kinematics in Two Dimensions; Vectors you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 7 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321625922

Here is something to try at a sporting event. Show that

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