Question

A golf club hits a stationary 0.05kg golf ball with and average force of 5.0 x 10^3 newtons accelerating the ball at 44 meters per second. What is the magnitude of impulse imparted to the ball by the golf club?

Answer 1

Answer: The magnitude of impulse imparted to the ball by the golf club is 2.2 N seconds

Explanation:

Force applied on the golf ball = $5.0\times 10^3 N$

Mass of the ball = 0.05 kg

Velocity with which ball is accelerating = 44 m/s

Time period over which forece applied = t

$f=ma=\frac{m\times v}{t}$

$t=\frac{0.05 kg\times 44m/s}{5.0\times 10^3 N}=4.4\times 10^{-4} seconds$

$Impulse=(force)\times (time)=f\times t = 5.0\times 10^3\times 4.4\times 10^{-4} seconds=2.2$ Newton seconds

The magnitude of impulse imparted to the ball by the golf club is 2.2 N seconds