Question

a 0.145 kg baseball pitched at 39.0 m/s is hit on a horizontal line drive straight back toward the pitcher at 52.0 m/s. if the contqct time bewteen bat and ball is 3.00x10^-3 calculate the average force between the bat and ball during contact

Answer 1

consider the velocity towards the pitcher as positive

m = mass of the baseball = 0.145 kg

v₀ = initial velocity of the baseball = - 39 m/s

v = final velocity of the baseball = 52 m/s

t = time of contact = 3 x 10⁻³ sec

F = average force between bat and ball

Using impulse-change in momentum equation

F t = m (v - v₀ )

F (3 x 10⁻³) = (0.145) (52 - (- 39))

F = 4398.33 N