Homework Help: pre-calculus

Posted by kid on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 11:19pm.

If San Francisco Giants homerun king, Barry Bonds, hit a baseball due west with a speed of 50.0 m/s, and the ball encountered a wind that blew it north at 5.00 m/s, what was the resultant velocity of the baseball?

pre-calculus - Steve, Friday, June 1, 2012 at 12:04am
speed: √(50^2 + 5^2)
direction: 180°-Arctan(5/50)

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