Problem 2.

A baseball has a mass of 0.3 lb. What is the kinetic energy relative to home plate of a 94 mile
per hour fastball, in Btu?

KE = ½ m V2
relative to home plate

mi 5280 ft 1h 2 1 lbf 1 Btu

= ½ (0.3 lb){(44 )| || |} = 2851.1 ft∙lb/s2 | || |
h 1 mi 60 s 32.2 ft∙lb/s2 778 ft∙lbf

= 0.114 Btu