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How Do Kinematics Apply to a Fielder Catching a Ball?
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[QUOTE="collinsmark, post: 6257476, member: 114325"] I hope you don't mean velocity divided by the acceleration due to gravity (that won't work). But you could use one of your kinematics equations to calculate the maximum height if you wanted to. But you really don't even need to calculate the maximum height. There is a to determine the ball's air time more directly. Again, there is a way to determine the ball's air time more directly. The rest sounds about right (I think). Again, though, this comes down to clearly defining your variables. Don't use the same variable [itex] t [/itex] for the ball's air time, the fielder's running time, and the reaction time. Use different subscripts or something on each of them to avoid confusion. The same goes for the velocity [itex] v [/itex]. There's the ball's initial vertical component of velocity, the ball's initial horizontal component of velocity, and the fielder's velocity. [/QUOTE]
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