A Wicket Keeper Arranges to Catch a Cricket Ball Dropped

question 13

Multiple Choice

A wicket keeper arranges to catch a cricket ball dropped from a height 50 m above his glove. However, his friends substitute a soft 250 g red grapefruit, so that it will smash apart when he catches it. His glove stops the grapefruit in 0.010 s. What force does the glove exert on the grapefruit?

• A)0.078 3 N
• B)783 N
• C)2450 N
• D)24 500 N
• E)78 300 N