Author Question: Lonnie pitches a baseball of mass 0.500 kg. The ball arrives at home plate with a speed of 35.0 m/s ... (Read 101 times)

yoroshambo · **on:** Jul 28, 2018

Lonnie pitches a baseball of mass 0.500 kg. The ball arrives at home plate with a speed of 35.0 m/s and is batted straight back to Lonnie with a return speed of 50.0 m/s. If the bat is in contact with the ball for 0.055 s, what is the impulse experienced by the ball?
a. 7.50 N/s
b. 42.5 N/s
c. 773 N/s
d. 17.5 N/s
e. 25.0 N/s

Question 2

Jerome pitches a baseball of mass 0.300 kg. The ball arrives at home plate with a speed of 40.0 m/s and is batted straight back to Jerome with a return speed of 52.0 m/s. What is the magnitude of change in the ball's momentum?
a. 3.60 kg/m/s
b. 12.0 kg/m/s
c. 15.6 kg/m/s
d. 27.6 kg/m/s
e. 12.0 kg/m/s