Question

A softball pitcher has the ability to throw a softball at a high speed to the catcher at home plate. The distancefrom the pitcher to the catcher is 40 feet. The ball travels the distance in 0.5 seconds. Calculate the speed ofthe ball.

Answer 1

Input data

40 feet

0.5s

Procedure

Calculate speed, distance or time using the formula d = st, distance equals speed times time.

$\begin{gathered} s=\frac{d}{t} \\ s=\frac{40\text{ f}t\text{ }}{0.5s} \\ s=80\text{ ft/s} \end{gathered}$

speed = 80 feet per second