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a softball is thrown with 150 joules of energy. if the ball is moving at 30.0m/s,what is the mass of the ball in kg
 Apr 2, 2014
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quinton iversen:

a softball is thrown with 150 joules of energy. if the ball is moving at 30.0m/s,what is the mass of the ball in kg



I believe the formula you should use is E k = (1/2)* mass * (velocity) 2 {where E k is kinetic energy}

rewriting this gives; mass = 2*E k/(velocity) 2

2*150/(30^2)

So the answer would be 333 grams.

Reinout
 Apr 2, 2014

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