A small 24 kilogram canoe is floating downriver at a speed of 5 m/s. What is the canoe's kinetic energy?

Kinetic energy equals 1/2 mass X velocity^2 so your answer is 300 J.

The formula for calculating kinetic energy is 1/2 MV^2, that is,

KE = 1/2 MV^2

From the information given above,

M = 24 Kg

V = 5 m/s

KE = 1/2 * 24 * 5 * 5 = 300

Therefore, KE = 300 J.

Kinetic energy refers to the energy that an object possess when it in motion.