A 7.5 kg bowling ball is dropped from the top of a 25m tall building. Ignoring air resistance, when the bowling ball hits the sidewalk below, its kinetic energy is equivalent to how many food calories (one food calorie = 1 kilocalorie in SI measure)

A. 0.44
B. 880
C. 440
D. 0.22
E. 0.88
F. 220


A. 0.44

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