Question

A small 15 kilogram canoe is floating downriver at a speed of 4 m/s. What is the canoe's kinetic energy?
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Answer 1

30

Answer 2

1/2 * mass * velocity^2 = Kinetic Energy
(1/2) * 15 * 4^2 = (1/2) * 15 * 16
15 * 16 = 240

(1/2) * 240 = 120 J

Answer 3

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