Answer:
3.25 seconds
Explanation:
It is given that,
A person throws a baseball from height of 7 feet with an initial vertical velocity of 50 feet per second. The equation for his motion is as follows :
Where
s is the height in feet
For the given condition, the equation becomes:
When it hits the ground, h = 0
i.e.
It is a quadratic equation, we find the value of t,
t = 3.25 seconds and t = -0.134 s
Neglecting negative value
Hence, for 3.25 seconds the baseball is in the air before it hits the ground.
The horizontal and vertical components of a projectile's velocity are independent of each other.
Answer: Option C
<u>Explanation:</u>
The path of a projectile is determined by two components of motion. They are termed as horizontal and the vertical components. Since both components velocity are perpendicular to each other, so it can stated that they are independent of each other.
Even it can seen that when the horizontal components of velocity is constant, then there will be change in the vertical components of velocity leading to free fall projectile path.
And in the absence of gravity, there will be change in the horizontal components of velocity with zero vertical component of velocity. Thus, the horizontal and the vertical components of a projectile’s velocity are seemed to be independent of each other.
