This is a defective, misleading question, and should never be asked in a Physics class.
There is no such thing as the force due to the impact.
If you know how long it takes the clam to stop once it begins to hit the dirt,
then you can calculate the impulse transferred to it, and tease a force out
of that. But the question doesn't give us the time.
It depends on the material of the surface. Was the clam dropped onto dirt ?
Into a dumpster ? Onto grass ? Concrete ? Styrofoam ? Mud ? The answer
is different in each case, and we still need to know the short length of time
AFTER it first encountered whatever surface brought it to rest.
I would kick this question back to the Physics teacher. It's meaningless,
and the longer you try to work on it, the more nonsense you'll plant into
your head that'll need to be dug out later.
Answer by mimiwhatsup: B) Velocity is a vector and requires a direction to completely describe it.
Velocity is the speed and direction of an object in motion.
The velocity of the pitcher at the given mass is 0.1 m/s.
The given parameters:
- <em>Mass of the pitcher, m₁ = 50 kg</em>
- <em>Mass of the baseball, m₂ = 0.15 kg</em>
- <em>Velocity of the ball, u₂ = 35 m/s</em>
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Let the velocity of the pitcher = u₁
Apply the principle of conservation of linear momentum to determine the velocity of the pitcher as shown below;
m₁u₁ = m₂u₂

Thus, the velocity of the pitcher at the given mass is 0.1 m/s.
Learn more about conservation of linear momentum here: brainly.com/question/13589460
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