is it an easy Trigonometric solution? I am in Trig/precalc algebra in one class and we just started the Trig half, so maybe I am not familiar with a function to equate Sin/Cos?
wait, i have 16 = initial velocity * cos theta
and 9.8 = initial velocity * sin theta (or is it 4.9/2 = initial Velocity * sin theta ?)
(i think)
now what?
it seems like you just use the dude running at 7 m/s for 2 seconds to get the total distance (18m + 14m) but i guess that's not the right way to go about it?i really wish my physics prof spoke english!
Homework Statement
A softball is hit over a third baseman's head with some speed v-sub0 at an angle theta above the horizontal. Immediately after the ball is hit, the third baseman turns around and begins to run at a constant velocity V = 7.00m/s. He catches the ball t=2.00sec later at the...
thanks man! i think this worked, and i kind of understand why.
i still don't understand why the law of cosines didnt work for me, i wonder what i screwed up...