document.write( "Question 213467: A pitcher can throw a baseball 95 miles per hour. The ball travels at that speed for 56 feet, until it arrives at the batter. How many seconds, correct to the nearest thousandth of a second, does the batter have from the moment the ball is thrown, until it arrives. \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"d+=+r%2At\"$
\n" ); document.write( "I think (1 mi = 5280 ft)
\n" ); document.write( "(95 mi/hr)(5280 ft/ 1 mi) = 501600 ft/hr
\n" ); document.write( " $\"56+=+95%2A5280%2At\"$ ft
\n" ); document.write( " $\"t+=+.000111643\"$ hr
\n" ); document.write( "(.000111643 hr)*(3600 sec/hr) = t in sec
\n" ); document.write( " $\"t+=+.000111643%2A3600\"$ sec
\n" ); document.write( " $\"t+=+.402\"$ sec \n" ); document.write( "

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