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Problem 83GP

Suppose you could convert the 525 Calories in the cheeseburger you ate for lunch into mechanical energy with 100% efficiency, (a) How high could you throw a 0.145-kg baseball with the energy contained in the cheeseburger? (b) How fast would the ball be moving at the moment of release?

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QUESTION:

Problem 83GP

Suppose you could convert the 525 Calories in the cheeseburger you ate for lunch into mechanical energy with 100% efficiency, (a) How high could you throw a 0.145-kg baseball with the energy contained in the cheeseburger? (b) How fast would the ball be moving at the moment of release?

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Part a

We are required to calculate the height of the baseball.

Given:

Mechanical energy =525 Calories

calories

J

Mass of the baseball kg

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