Asked by Nico

Juliet wants to significantly increase the amount of kinetic energy of her bowling ball in order to increase her chances of getting a strike. Which of the following would increase the ball's kinetic energy the most?



a
decreasing the speed at which she throws the ball
b
increasing the speed at which she throws the ball
c
she cannot increase the kinetic energy
d
changing to a ball with more mass

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Answer: b — increasing the speed at which she throws the ball.

Reason: Kinetic energy is KE = 1/2 m v^2. KE increases with mass linearly but with the square of speed, so increasing speed has a much larger effect (e.g., doubling v quadruples KE, while doubling m only doubles KE).