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5 April, 09:18

Professional baseball pitchers deliver pitches that can reach the blazing speed of 100 mph (miles per hour). A local team has drafted an up-and-coming, left-handed pitcher who can consistently pitch at 42.91 m/s (96.00 mph). Assuming a pitched ball has a mass of 0.1434 kg and has this speed just before a batter makes contact with it, how much kinetic energy does the ball have?

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  1. 5 April, 11:14
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    Answer: 132.02 J

    Explanation:

    By definition, the kinetic energy is written as follows:

    KE = 1/2 m v²

    In our question, we know from the question, the following information:

    m = 0.1434 Kg

    v = 42.91 m/s

    Replacing in the equation for KE, we have:

    KE = 1/2. 0.1434 Kg. (42.91) ² m²/s² ⇒ KE = 132.02 N. m = 132.02 J
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