This question is about energy and rotational motion. A bowler bowls a 160g cricket ball with a diameter of 7cm with a linear velocity of 144km/h. The ball is measured to rotate at 22250 r.p.m. What proportion of the ball's kinetic energy is rotational?

Energy and rotational motion (PhysCasts)

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