Which baseball player hit the longest home run and how far it traveled is a matter of debate. There are printed reports of home runs flying out of the park and hitting buildings more than 600 ft from home plate. However, the longest confirmed distance is 502 ft by Cecil Fielder of the Detroit Tigers in 1991.

Let's assume that the baseball traveled in a perfect parabola modeled by f(t) = -16t2 + vit + hi, where t is time in seconds, vi is the initial vertical velocity, and hi is the initial height of the baseball. Let's also assume that Fielder hit the ball 4 ft above home plate and that th

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Which baseball player hit the longest home run and how far it traveled is a matter of debate. There are printed reports of home runs flying out of the park and hitting buildings more than 600 ft from home plate. However, the longest confirmed distance is 502 ft by Cecil Fielder of the Detroit Tigers in 1991.

Let's assume that the baseball traveled in a perfect parabola modeled by f(t) = -16t2 + vit + hi, where t is time in seconds, vi is the initial vertical velocity, and hi is the initial height of the baseball. Let's also assume that Fielder hit the ball 4 ft above home plate and that th