A lightweight commercial drone has a mass of 850 g and is flying horizontally at a steady speed of 12 m/s.
Calculate the kinetic energy of the drone.
Use the equation:
kinetic energy=0.5×mass×speed2 \text{kinetic energy} = 0.5 \times \text{mass} \times \text{speed}^2 kinetic energy=0.5×mass×speed2