A Baseball Pitcher Loosens Up His Pitching Arm

question 53

Multiple Choice

A baseball pitcher loosens up his pitching arm. He tosses a 0.20-kg ball using only the rotation of his forearm, 0.32 m in length, to accelerate the ball. What is the moment of inertia of the ball alone as it moves in a circular arc with a radius of 0.32 m?

• A) 1.5 *10^-2 kg·m²
• B) 2.0 *10^-2 kg·m²
• C) 4.0 *10^-2 kg·m²
• D) 7.6 *10^-2 kg·m²

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