A tennis ball approaches a racket horizontally at and rebounds in the opposite…

PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Mechanics and materials · Mechanics and materials

Problem

0.058\,\text{kg}

tennis ball approaches a racket horizontally at

25\,\text{m/s}

and rebounds in the opposite direction at

40\,\text{m/s}

. The contact time with the racket is

15\,\text{ms}

. Determine the magnitude of the average force exerted on the ball by the racket.