When a pitcher tosses a baseball to the catcher across home plate, what is the projectile?

A. Home Plate

B. Pitcher

C. Baseball

D. Catcher

Relative to the pitcher, the baseball undergoes projectile motion.

Choice C

Baseball

Explanation:

A projectile refers to the object which is propelled with a certain force. A projectile path refers to the trajectory that the projectile follows when thrown in the space with some force.

Here, a pitcher tosses a baseball to the catcher. The baseball is thrown in the air with some force. Thus, baseball is the projectile.