Specialist2025 NHT Exam 2 Section A · Q15CAS active1 mark
Fielder catching a projectile
A cricket ball is hit from an origin at ground level, on a horizontal oval. Its position at time seconds is given by , where , is a unit vector in the forward direction and is a unit vector vertically up. Displacement components are measured in metres.
A fielder is located at the position when the ball is hit.
The distance, in metres, the fielder must run to catch the descending ball at a height of 1.5 m above ground level is closest to
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