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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest home run ever measured was hit by Roy "Dizzy" Carlyle in a minor league game. The ball traveled 188 m(618 ft) before landing on the ground outside the ballpark. (a) Assuming that the ball's initial velocity was 45^∘ above the horizontal, and ignoring air resistance, what did the initial speed of the ball need to be to produce such a home run if the ball was hit at a point 0.9  m(3.0 ft) above ground level? Assume that the ground was pe

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The Longest Home Run. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest home run ever measured was hit by Roy "Dizzy" Carlyle in a minor league game. The ball traveled 188 m(618 ft) before landing on the ground outside the ballpark. (a) Assuming the ball's initial velocity was in a direction 45^∘ above the horizontal and ignoring air resistance, what did the initial speed of the ball need to be to produce such a home run if the ball was hit at a point 0.9 m(3.0 ft) above ground level?

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