Question

A 5 kilograms bowling ball is dropped out a window. It hits the ground, and bounces upward. The velocity change of the ball is noted to be 15 m/s downward and 12 m/s upward. What is the contact time for the ball if the force applied on the ball from the ground is equal to 10 N?

Answer 1

Answer:

13.5

Explanation:

Mass: 5kg

Initial Velocity: -15

Final Velocity: 12

Force: 10

We can use the equation: Vf = Vi + at

We need to find acceleration, and we can use the equation, F=ma,

We have mass and the force so it would look like this, 10=5a, and 5 times 2 would equal 10, so acceleration would be 2.

Now we have all the variables to find time.

Back to Vf = Vi + at, plug the numbers in, 12 = -15 + 2(t)

Plugging them in into desmos gives 13.5 for time.