A Baseball Batter Hits an Incoming 40 M/s Fastball

question 29

Multiple Choice

A baseball batter hits an incoming 40 m/s fastball.The ball leaves the bat at 60 m/s after a ball-on-bat contact time of 0.030 s.What is the force exerted on the 0.15 kg baseball?

• A) 450 N
• B) 250 N
• C) 90 N
• D) 500 N

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