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You throw a baseball that has a mass of 0.425 kilograms. The ball leaves your hand with a speed

of 45 m/s. The ball has
energy. Calculate it.

User Shaheer
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Answer:

430.3125 J

Step-by-step explanation:

Kinetic Energy (KE) is the energy type that a object gets due to its motion.

Therefore the baseball has a Kinetic Energy


KE = (1)/(2) *mass*velocity^(2) \\=(1)/(2) *0.425*45^(2)\\=430.3125 J

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