A tennis ball traveling east strikes a wall and rebounds west

PHYSICS · Single correct · CBSE · Physics · Laws of Motion · Laws of Motion

Problem

0.060\,\text{kg}

tennis ball traveling

15\,\text{m/s}

east strikes a wall and rebounds

11\,\text{m/s}

west. The time of contact with the wall is

0.025\,\text{s}

. Assuming a constant average force during the collision, what is the magnitude and direction of this force on the ball? (a)

62\,\text{N}

east (b)

36\,\text{N}

west (c)

62\,\text{N}

west (d)

25\,\text{N}

west