A ball having a mass of 0.5 kg is moving towards the east with a speed of 8.0 ms⁻¹. After being hit by a bat it changes its direction and starts moving towards the north with a speed of 6.0 ms⁻¹. If the time of impact is 0.1 s, calculate the impulse and average force acting on the ball.
Introduction This problem involves a change in the direction of motion of a ball due to a hit by a bat. Since the direction changes from east to north, we must deal with vector quantities. The concepts of impulse and average force are used here, which are based on the impulse-momentum theorem. Given Data Mass […]