A baseball traveling horizontally at toward a batter is struck by the bat and…

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Problem

0.15\,\text{kg}

baseball traveling horizontally at

40\,\text{m/s}

toward a batter is struck by the bat and rebounds in the opposite direction at

50\,\text{m/s}

. The bat is in contact with the ball for

1.6\,\text{ms}

. What is the magnitude of the average force exerted by the bat on the ball during the collision? (a)

5.6\times10^{4}\,\text{N}

(b)

9.4\times10^{2}\,\text{N}

(c)

8.4\times10^{3}\,\text{N}

(d)

4.7\times10^{3}\,\text{N}