During Batting Practice, Two Baseballs Have the Same Speed When $\degree$

question 7

Short Answer

During batting practice, two baseballs have the same speed when leaving the bat of Babe Ruth. One ball goes over the outfield fence for a home run, and the other can be caught by an infielder. The difference between the two swings is that the home run ball starts out _________ to 45 $\degree$ .

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