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A Record Toss Babe Didrikson holds the world record for the longest baseball throw (296 ft) by a woman. For the following questions, assume that the ball was thrown at an angle of 45.0° above the horizontal, that it traveled a horizontal distance of 296 ft, and that it was caught at the same level from which it was thrown, (a) What was the ball's initial speed? (b) How long was the ball in the air?

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Problem 49P

A Record Toss Babe Didrikson holds the world record for the longest baseball throw (296 ft) by a woman. For the following questions, assume that the ball was thrown at an angle of 45.0° above the horizontal, that it traveled a horizontal distance of 296 ft, and that it was caught at the same level from which it was thrown, (a) What was the ball's initial speed? (b) How long was the ball in the air?

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Step 1 of 3:

In this question, we need to find initial speed of the ball

In part b we need time for which ball was in the air

Data given

Distance traveled by ball $R=296\ ft=90.22\ m$

Angle at which ball is thrown $\theta{}=4{5.0}^{0}$

Part a:

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