SOLUTION: The pitcher's mound in baseball is 60.5 feet from the plate. It takes 4 seconds for a pitch to reach the plate. How fast is the pitch?

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Question 1008828: The pitcher's mound in baseball is 60.5 feet from the plate. It takes 4 seconds for a pitch to reach the plate. How fast is the pitch?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Speed = distance divided by time so,
v = d/t = 60.5 ft / 4 sec = 15.125 ft/sec = 10.3 mph (highly unrealistic)
More likely the problem said 0.4 seconds, in which the pitch was about 100 mph...