What is the importance of THR

When someone slams her books on a table the kinect energy is transferred into vibrations that travel to your ears as sound waves which statement describes the movement of those waves

Asmall metal bar, whose initial temperature was 10° c, is dropped into a large container of boiling water. how long will it take the bar to reach 70° c if it is known that its temperature increases 2° during the first second? (the boiling temperature for water is 100° c. round your answer to one decimal place.) sec how long will it take the bar to reach 98° c? (round your answer to one decimal place.)

Un jugador de beisbol batea un foul recto en el aire.la pelota deja el bate con una rapidez de 120 km/h. en ausencia de resistencia del aire. ? cual sera la rapidez de la pelota cuando la atrape el catcher