Hi ,
I have troulbe with the second question of this problem.

A softball picher pitches a ball at 65 mph.
The distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate is 43ft, but the pitcher realeases the ball about 41 ft from the home plate.
a- How long does it takes for the ball to reach home plate? (I found it t=.43s)
b-A Good pitcher can make the ball curve left about 6 inches over the pitch distance. If this is due to a constant acceleration, what is its magnitude and which direction does it act?

need some suggestions.

Thank you

braddy

 

Im used to metric so Im not sure if my conversion is correct.

I will be working with feet and seconds


first 65mph = 95.33 fps (google)

a) The equation we will be using is d=vt. In this problem we have d and v. Solving for t we get t= d/v or t= 45/95.33.

t= 0.45s

B) for this problem we use d= 1/2at^2, we have d= 1/2 feed and t= 0.45s
solving for a gives us a= 2d/t^2

a= 4.93 f/s^2 to the left