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Re: Re: Re: baseball velocity

Posted by: Michael Caron (eugene@indy.rr.com) on Tue Oct 18 13:20:04 2005

> how do you calculate the speed of a baseball if it travels 400 yards in 4 seconds? do you use d=rt

400 yards = 1,200 feet
1,200 feet divided by 5,280 feet/mile = .22727 miles
4 seconds divided by 3,600 seconds/hour = .00111 hours
.22727 miles divided by .00111 hours = 204.75 miles/hour

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> > how do you calculate the speed of a baseball if it travels 400 yards in 4 seconds? do you use d=rt > > 400 yards = 1,200 feet > 1,200 feet divided by 5,280 feet/mile = .22727 miles > 4 seconds divided by 3,600 seconds/hour = .00111 hours > .22727 miles divided by .00111 hours = 204.75 miles/hour

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