Kinetic energy is the energy associated with the motion of an object. It's a scalar quantity, there is no direction associated with KE and it has no components. [tex]KE = \frac{mv ^{2} }{2} = \frac{8 *14.3 ^{2} }{2} = 4 *204.49 = 817.96J[/tex]. Therefore Kinetic energy is 817.96J.