Question

Traumatic brain injury. According to a report on traumatic brain injury, the force that a professional boxer's fist exerts on his opponent's head is equivalent to being hit with a 5.9 kg bowling ball traveling at 8.9 m/s that stops in 0.018 s.
Determine the average force that the fist exerts on the head.

Answer 1

Answer: F = 2917.2N

Explanation: To solve the question, we will employ Newton 2nd law of motion.

After hitting, the ball stop and no rebound.

The force exert by the ball is equal to the average force the fist will exert on the head.

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