Question

When you throw a baseball, what velocity component stays constant?

Answer 1

Throw a baseball!

Throw anything, really.

Consider it's horizontal and vertical velocities.

If you had to guess that one is constant, what would it be?

Answer 2

For example, if you throw the ball straight up, it's vertical velocity will be up. Does that change?

If you throw a ball horizontally, straight in front of you, does that velocity change?

Which one would you think is constant.

Answer 3

if you throw it at angle to horizontal,then find the velocities components in vertical and horizontal direction considering acceleration due to gravity.then u will get the constant velocity direction

Answer 4

the horizontal component of velocity would stay same.

Answer 5

Yes, the horizontal component would stay the same because there is no acceleration in the horizontal direction!