Question: ( 8 pts . ) A baseball hit by a Boston Red Sox player at an initial speed of 1 0 0 miles per hour

(8 pts.) A baseball hit by a Boston Red Sox player at an initial speed of 100 miles per hour from 3 ft above
the ground just cleared the left end of the Green Monster, the left field wall in Fenway Park. This wall is 37
ft high and 315 ft from home plate. Neglect air resistance. Assume the acceleration of gravity is 32.2 ft/s2
.
(a) At what angle from the horizontal (i.e. launch angle) was the ball hit?
(b) How many seconds did it take the ball to reach the wall?

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