A Baseball Pitcher Is Employing a Ballistic Pendulum to Determine $3.3 - \mathrm { kg }$

question 20

Short Answer

A baseball pitcher is employing a ballistic pendulum to determine the speed of his fastball.A $3.3 - \mathrm { kg }$ lump of clay is suspended from a cord 2.0 m long.When the pitcher throws his fastball aimed directly at the clay,the ball suddenly becomes embedded in the clay and the two swing up to a maximum height of 0.080 m.If the mass of the baseball is 0.21 kg,find the speed of the pitched ball.

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