Chapter 5, Problem 14PE

Kinetic Energy

In physics, an object that is in motion is said to have kinetic energy. The following formula can be used to determine a moving object’s kinetic energy:

$KE=\raisebox{1ex}{$1$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$2^{m{\upsilon }^2}$}\right.$

The variables in the formula are as follows: KE is the kinetic energy, m is the object's mass in kilograms, and v is the object's velocity in meters per second.

Write a function named kinetic_energy that accepts an object’s mass (in kilograms) and velocity (in meters per second) as arguments. The function should return the amount of kinetic energy that the object has. Write a program that asks the user to enter values for mass and velocity, then calls the kinetic_energy function to get the object’s kinetic energy.