When a pitcher throws a curve ball, the ball is given a fairly rapid spin. If a

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When a pitcher throws a curve ball, the ball is given a fairly rapid spin. If a 0.15-kg baseball with a radius of 3.7 cm is thrown with a linear speed of 48 m/s and an angular speed of 42 rad/s, how much of its kinetic energy is translational and how much is rotational? Assume the ball is a uniform, solid sphere.

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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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