SOLUTION: in a game, a batter hits the pop fly . if the ball remains in air for 6 seconds, how high did it rise?

Question 542984: in a game, a batter hits the pop fly . if the ball remains in air for 6 seconds, how high did it rise?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If I call the height from which it was hit
The equation for height is
where is the initial velocity.
is the height in ft
is the time in sec
At , or
For ,

The equation is

The ball takes just as long to rise as it does to fall, so
the maximum height is at sec

The maximum height is 144 ft
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