A Catcher Arranges to Catch a Baseball Dropped from a Height

question 68

Multiple Choice

A catcher arranges to catch a baseball 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) 2 450 N
• D) 24 500 N
• E) 78 300 N

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