A baseball player (hitter) hits the ball with her bat. The ball flies north at an angle a above ground and with an initial speed v towards a fielder whose job is to catch the ball before it hits the ground. The distance between the fielder and the hitter is D. At the moment when the bat hits the ball, the fielder starts running to the south towards the place where he believes the ball will fall. Assume the fielder runs with a constant speed all the time the ball is in the air. Assume the hand of the fielder catches the ball just before it hits the ground and that the ball is hit by the bat at ground level.
How fast must the fielder run to be able to catch the ball?
