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If a baseball pitcher throws a fastball at a horizontal speed of 160 km/h, how long does the ball take to reach home plate 18.4 m away

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Answer: 0.000115 seconds

Explanation: how I got this is by first converting the meters to kilometers then I had 160 km/h and 0.0184 km away so then you do 0.0184 divided by 160 (0.0184 / 160) and get 0.000115 seconds.

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