Question

A baseball player hits a ball with 36 N of force. With that force, it causes the ball to accelerate at 120 m/s2. What is the mass of the baseball?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.3 kg

Explanation:

This can be dealt with using (a simplified version of) Newton's Second Law:

Force = mass x acceleration

We need to re-arrange the formula to get the mass of the ball isolated, on its own side of the equation. So we get:

mass = force/acceleration

So, now we just need to substitute the number we do have to get:

mass = 36/120 = 0.3 kg

Hope I helped! :)