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A baseball player throws a baseball at 42 m/s. If the other player catching the baseball is 18 m from the player, how much time does it take the baseball to reach him?

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Divide the distance by the speed:

(18 m) / (42 m/s) = 3/7 s ≈ 0.43 s

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