A Baseball Pitcher Throws a Fastball at 98 Mph

question 26

Multiple Choice

A baseball pitcher throws a fastball at 98 mph. He also has a slower "changeup" pitch, 75 mph, which he throws identically, same windup and same release angle from shoulder height. Which pitch gets to home plate with a flatter trajectory-i.e., velocity vector closer to horizontal?

• A) The fastball
• B) The changeup
• C) They each have same trajectory, since the distance to home plate is the same.
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