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The pitcher for the robins throws a baseball at 90.0 miles per hour. The pitcher on the bluebirds throws a baseball 121 feet per second. Which pitcher throws a baseball faster?

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so miles per hour
miles/hour
90/1

1 hour=60 miutes
1 minute=60 seconds
1 hour=60 times 60 seconds=3600 seconds

1 miles=5280 feet
90 miles=5280 feet times 90=475200 feet
90 mile per hour=475200ft/3600sec=4752/36=132feet per second

132>121
robbins thowrs faster

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