A cricket ball of mass travelling horizontally at is caught and brought to rest in

PHYSICS · Subjective · AP · Physics 1: Algebra-based · Linear Momentum · Linear Momentum

Problem

A cricket ball of mass

0.15\,\text{kg}

travelling horizontally at

20\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}

is caught and brought to rest in

0.05\,\text{s}

. Calculate the magnitude of the average force exerted on the ball by the fielder.