Question

A baseball player hits a ball with a bat. At one moment the force exerted by the bat on the ball is 18,000 N. At that same moment, how much force is exerted on the bat by the ball?
a) 18,000 N

b) less than 18,000 N

c) more than 18,000 N

Answer 1

Answer:

Less than 18000N

Explanation:

Given

$Force\ Exerted = 18000N$

This question will be answered using Newton's third law.

Understanding this law, it implies that reaction force is equal and opposite to the force exerted.

This implies that;

If the force exerted on the ball is 18000N

the force exerted is -18000N

So, the option that answers the question is less than 18000N because -18000N < 18000N