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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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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 = %2895%2A5280%29%2F3600 = 139.33