In a game against the White Sox, baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan threw a pitch measured at 44.8 m/s. If it was 18.4 m from Nolan's position on the pitcher's mound to home plate, how long did it take the ball to get to the batter waiting at home plate? Treat the ball's velocity as constant and ignore any gravitational effects.
d = V*t
d = 18.4 m
V = 44.8 m/s
Solve for t.
To calculate the time it took for the ball to reach the batter at home plate, we can use the equation:
time = distance / velocity
In this case, the distance is 18.4 m and the velocity is 44.8 m/s. Substituting these values into the equation:
time = 18.4 m / 44.8 m/s
Divide 18.4 by 44.8:
time ≈ 0.411 sec
Therefore, it took approximately 0.411 seconds for the ball to reach the batter at home plate.