A baseball player throws a ball in the air with an initial speed of 50 m/s at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal. What is the vertical component of the ball's initial velocity assuming up is the positive direction?
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These components are determined by the angle at which the ball is thrown. The vertical component of the velocity can be found using the formula: V_vertical = V_initial * sin(θ) where V_initial is the initial speed of the ball and θ is the angle at which the Show more…
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