SOLUTION: Explain what you think would make a baseball take a path that is not a perfect parabola. Support what you say with a description of what you think an actual baseball's flight path
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Question 1074060: Explain what you think would make a baseball take a path that is not a perfect parabola. Support what you say with a description of what you think an actual baseball's flight path would be. Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are three forces acting on the baseball in flight, they are weight, drag and lift.
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The motion of the baseball through the air depends on the relative strength and direction of these forces. These forces change during flight so the path is not a perfect parabola. Stated another way,
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As the baseball travels through the air - gravitational force, air resistance and lift play a role in the flight trajectory of the baseball.
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