SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem. Some pitchers can throw a baseball as fast as 95 miles/hour. Approximately how many feet per second is this? Answers: a) 109 ft/sec b) 11

Question 121867: Please help me with this problem.
Some pitchers can throw a baseball as fast as 95 miles/hour. Approximately
how many feet per second is this?
Answers:
a) 109 ft/sec
b) 114 ft/sec
c) 119 ft/sec
d) 125 ft/sec
e) 139 ft/sec

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Some pitchers can throw a baseball as fast as 95 miles/hour. Approximately
how many feet per second is this?
:
We know that there are 5280 ft in 1 mi and 3600 sec in 1 hr, therefore:
:
ft/sec = = 139.33
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