PROJECTILE MOTION PROBLEM:If you drop an object from a height of 1.5m, it will hit the ground in 0.55 seconds. If a baseball pitcher throws a baseball horizontally with an initial speed of 35 m/s from the same height: 1. How long will the ball take to hit the ground? 2. Where will the baseball land relative to the feet of the pitcher?

a)

b)

Explanation:

From the question we are told that:

Height

Time

Speed

a)

Generally the Newtons equation for the time taken to hit the ground is mathematically given by

b)

Generally the equation for distance traveled is mathematically given by

  distance on the y-axis and time on the x-axis.

explanation:

the instantaneous velocity = change in position/time taken

the slope of the graph should give instantaneous velocity.

  slope of a graph = change in value of y -axis / change in values of x -axis

  comparing both the equations

    change in value of y -axis = change in position

  change in values of x -axis = time taken

so position values should be on the y axis and time values should be on the x axis.

distance on the y-axis and time on the x-axis.