Respuesta :
Answer: If the equation of motion is of the form of [tex]y=c+ax-bx^2[/tex], then the average height is [tex]h_{ave}=c+\frac{1}{2}a(x_1+x_2)-\frac{1}{3}b(x_1^2+x_1x_2+x_2^2).[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation: Â If the baseball is thrown from the initial height of [tex]h_0[/tex] with the speed of [tex]v[/tex] at an angle of [tex]40^\circ[/tex], then the equation of motion that connects the height [tex]y[/tex] and the horizontal distance [tex]x[/tex] is [tex]y=h_0+x\tan40^\circ-\frac{g}{2v^2cos^240^\circ}x^2[/tex], where [tex]g=9.8\text{ m/s}^2[/tex] is the gravitational acceleration. For simplicity, we will take that [tex]y=c+ax-bx^2[/tex], where [tex]a,b,c[/tex] are some constants. The average height between [tex]x=x_1[/tex] (here [tex]x_1=8[/tex]) and [tex]x=x_2[/tex] (here [tex]x_2=20[/tex]) is given by the formula
[tex]h_{ave}=\frac{1}{x_2-x_1}\int_{x_1}^{x_2}y(x)dx=\frac{1}{x_2-x_1}\int_{x_1}^{x_2}(c+ax-bx^2)dx.[/tex]
This further yields, after integration,
[tex]h_{ave}=\frac{1}{x_2-x_1}\left(cx+a\frac{x^2}{a}-b\frac{x^3}{2}\right)\limits_{x_1}^{x_2}=c+\frac{1}{2}a(x_1+x_2)-\frac{1}{3}b(x_1^2+x_1x_2+x_2^2).[/tex]