A fielder is standing 300t from the home plate when a ball hit toward him for which v0 = 120 ft/sec and

Question

[alpha] = pi/6. How fast must he run to catch the ball?

Answer 1

Range = R = Vo²sin(2Θ)/g = 387.3 ft

Distance to run = r = R - 300 = 87.3 ft

t = 2Viv/g = 2*120*sin(π/6)/32.2 = 3.726 sec

Vr = r/t = 23.43 ft/sec