Why in baseball the optimal angle for a home run is a lot less than 45 degrees?
In high school physics (okay, this is no longer 5 year old level) to throw something to the most distant, you throw it at 45 degrees.
But why in baseball the optimal angle for hitting a home run is a lot less than what is taught in physics?
I kind of understand it has to do with air resistance, but why does air resistance change the angle by that much?
In: Physics
Distance comes from energy transference. Centre of the heaviest part of the bat meeting centre of the ball transfers the most energy. Every degree from perfectly flush loses energy that would direct it straight. It is not about angle, it is just entropy.
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