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Homework Statement
A fast ball is pitched at a batter who hits a pop fly vertically into the air. The ball was moving horizontally at 38.45 m/s when it was hit by the bat. As it left the bat it was moving vertically and reached a maximum height of 44.196m. The mass of a baseball is 0.1417 kg. If the ball was in contact with the bat for 3/1000 of a second, determine the magnitude and direction of the impulse force with which it was struck.
I need to find the change in momentum. So I need to find the initial and final velocity. The only thing left that I can't do is find the final velocity. How do I calculate it when all that I know is the vertical height?