Factors Affecting Baseball In Flight

I’ve been interested in math from an early age. I remember the moment when I figured out that ten plus ten equals twenty. I ran to my mom and exclaimed, “We have ten toes and ten fingers so that makes twenty!” I thought that I had uncovered a secret of the universe which is what I like about math. We are able to define the world around us using numbers and we are able to see the world differently when looking through an arithmetic lens. What factors affect a baseball in flight? Before learning about physics, I perceived the world as it was presented to me. I would play baseball without thinking about how or why the ball would act as it did. I just knew that the harder the ball is hit, the farther it will go. Once I began physics in my junior year, I was astonished to learn about some of the factors that can affect a ball in flight and I took an extreme interest in all of the knowledge that was being shared with me. There was purpose for the previous years of math that I had learned. Everything is connected and calculable.

Both systems have variables and both can be solved using math. The height that a baseball will reach is similar to the level of success that a student might reach. A ball thrown upwards from sea-level may reach a height of ten feet, but a ball thrown upwards with the same force will go higher if the ball is thrown while on Mars. The air is thinner on Mars, meaning that there are less atoms in the air. The force of gravity on Mars is also considerably less than that of Earth’s. There is not much holding the ball back from reaching a great height while on Mars, but the denser air and greater gravity hold the ball back from reaching such a height here on Earth. If Mars represents a wealthy family and Earth represents a low-income family, then the students that throw baseballs on Earth will have a more difficult time reaching successful