Many major-league baseball pitchers can throw the ball at 90 miles per hour. At that speed, how long does it take a pitch to travel from the pitcher's mound to home plate, a distance of 60 feet 6 inches? Give your answer to the nearest hundredth of a second. There are 5280 feet in a mile and 12 inches in a foot.

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Reynaldo Schneider

1 November, 07:16

Many major-league baseball pitchers can throw the ball at 90 miles per hour. At that speed, how long does it take a pitch to travel from the pitcher's mound to home plate, a distance of 60 feet 6 inches? Give your answer to the nearest hundredth of a second. There are 5280 feet in a mile and 12 inches in a foot.

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Jessica Thompson · Answer 1

To solve this problem, we must first convert the distance into miles:

distance = 60 ft (1 mile / 5280 ft) + 6 inches (1 foot / 12 inches) (1 mile / 5280 ft)

distance = 0.0114583 mile

To calculate for time:

time = distance / speed

time = 0.0114583 mile / (90 miles / 3600 seconds)

time = 0.458 seconds

time = 0.46 seconds