The baseball pitcher Jordan Hicks reportedly can throw a pitch at 100 miles per hour with a spin rate of 2000 revolutions per minute. Find values for a) the ball’s translational kinetic energy and b) its rotational kinetic energy. Express both answers in units of Joules.
(The mass of a baseball is 145 grams and its diameter is 75.0 cm. Its Rotational Inertia is I=2/5mr2.)
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