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.
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Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source):
Answer by drj(1380)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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
Step 1. 
Step 2. Time = 95 mph/56 feet * (5280 feet/mile) (1 hour/3600 seconds) = 2.488 seconds = 2.5 seconds.
where 1 mile = 5280 feet, 1 hour = 60 minutes = 3600 seconds
Step 3. Answer is 2.5 seconds.
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Answer by MathTherapy(10552)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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.
The easiect way is to 1st convert 56 feet to miles. Since 5,280 feet = 1 mile, then 56 feet =  = 0.010606061 mile
We now use the formula, D = RT, or  to find the time, in hours
Therefore, Time, or T, in hours =  = 0.000111643 hour
Since 3,600 seconds = 1 hour, we now convert 0.000111643 to seconds by multiplying it by 3,600.
This gives us 0.000111643 * 3600 = 0.401913876, or  of a second.
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