Momentum and Newton's Laws of Motion
 

Momentum and Newton's Laws of Motion problem 100


  • State Newton’s second law.


  • A ball of mass hits a wall with a velocity of perpendicular to the wall. The ball rebounds perpendicularly from the wall with a speed of . The contact time of the ball with the wall is .


    Calculate, for the ball hitting the wall,


    • the change in momentum,

    • the magnitude of the average force.


 

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