Acurve ball is a type of pitch in which the baseball spins on its axis as it heads for home plate. if a curve ball is thrown at 34.5 m/s (77 mph ) with a spin rate of 26 rev/s , how many revolutions does it complete before reaching home plate? assume that home plate is 18.3 m (60 ft) from the pitching mound and that the baseball travels at a constant velocity.

Visualize the problem and identify special cases first examine the problem by drawing a picture and visualizing the motion. apply newton's 2nd law, ∑f⃗ =ma⃗ , to each body in your mind. don't worry about which quantities are given. think about the forces on each body: how are these consistent with the direction of the acceleration for that body? can you think of any special cases that you can solve quickly now and use to test your understanding later? one special case in this problem is if m2=0, in which case block 1 would simply fall freely under the acceleration of gravity: a⃗ 1=−gj^.