This is a test prep practice question. I have not been able to figure out the calculations.
A baseball is thrown vertically with a speed of 3m/s. Find the total distance that the ball has been in flight when it has traveled 50cm.
The answer is 0.398 seconds. But I can't figure out how to solve the problem.
I converted 50cm to 0.5m.
I used the formula for linear motion equation: X-X0 = V0 t + (at^2)/2.
Where V0+ 3 m/s
a= 9.8 m/s2
and X-X0 = 0.5 meters
From here it should just be plugg and chugg but I am not getting it right...
Can someone please work out the problem for me. Or tell me if I am using the wrong equation to try and solve this problem.
Thank you..
A baseball is thrown vertically with a speed of 3m/s. Find the total distance that the ball has been in flight when it has traveled 50cm.
The answer is 0.398 seconds. But I can't figure out how to solve the problem.
I converted 50cm to 0.5m.
I used the formula for linear motion equation: X-X0 = V0 t + (at^2)/2.
Where V0+ 3 m/s
a= 9.8 m/s2
and X-X0 = 0.5 meters
From here it should just be plugg and chugg but I am not getting it right...
Can someone please work out the problem for me. Or tell me if I am using the wrong equation to try and solve this problem.
Thank you..