SOLUTION: A snowball, mass = 0.05 kg, is thrown at 10 m/s. How much kinetic energy does it possess? What happens to that energy after you are hit with that snowball?

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Question 1164428: A snowball, mass = 0.05 kg, is thrown at 10 m/s. How much kinetic energy does it possess? What happens to that energy after you are hit with that snowball?
Answer by ikleyn(52879) About Me  (Show Source):
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Kinetic energy  E = %28m%2Av%5E2%29%2F2.


Substitute and calculate.

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The answer will be in joules

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule