A tennis player hits a ball 1.9 m above the ground. The ball leaves his racquet...

 

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A tennis player hits a ball 1.9 m above the ground. The ball leaves his racquet with a speed of 14.4 m/s at an angle 5.5 above the horizontal. The horizontal distance to the net is 8 m, and the net is 0.9 m high. (A) How high above the ground is the ball when it reaches the net? (B) If the ball clears the net, by how much does the ball clear it? If the ball doesn't clear the net, how far below the top of the net does it hit? (Here, positive means clears and negative means doesn't clear.) Ay= m A tennis player hits a ball 1.9 m above the ground. The ball leaves his racquet with a speed of 14.4 m/s at an angle 5.5 above the horizontal. The horizontal distance to the net is 8 m, and the net is 0.9 m high. (A) How high above the ground is the ball when it reaches the net? (B) If the ball clears the net, by how much does the ball clear it? If the ball doesn't clear the net, how far below the top of the net does it hit? (Here, positive means clears and negative means doesn't clear.) Ay= m

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A To find the height above the ground when the ball reaches the net we need to consider the vertical ... View the full answer