SOLUTION: A baseball pitcher with a good arm can throw the ball to home plate (60 feet) in .45 seconds. That means the hitter has a little less than a half of a second to swing at the ball.

Question 929012: A baseball pitcher with a good arm can throw the ball to home plate (60 feet) in .45 seconds. That means the hitter has a little less than a half of a second to swing at the ball. How fast is this pitch in miles per hour?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(60 feet / 0.45 second ) * (1/5280 mile/feet) * (60*60 seconds/hour)
(60 / 0.45) * (1/5280) * (60*60)
90.91 miles/hour
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