What is Bowling: Definition and 115 Discussions

Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term bowling usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling,) though in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, bowling could also refer to target bowling, such as lawn bowls.
In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins on a long playing surface known as a lane. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved if all the pins are knocked over on a second roll.
Lanes have a wood or synthetic surface onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that vary ball path trajectories and characteristics. Common types of pin bowling include ten-pin, candlepin, duckpin, nine-pin, five-pin and kegel. The historical game skittles is the forerunner of modern pin bowling.
In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic. Lawn bowls, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque, and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties.
Bowling is played by 100 million people in more than 90 countries (including 70 million in the United States alone), and is the subject of video games.

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    Bowling ball with air resistance problem

    A 22-cm-diameter bowling ball has a terminal speed of 85m/s. What is its mass. I get F=M(9.8). But then i don't know where to go from there or what to do with the 22 cm diameter :confused:
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    Rolling Motion of a bowling ball

    How do I do this Problem?: A bowling ball is given an initial speed of 5m/s on an alley such that it slides initially without rolling. The coefficient of friction between the ball and the alley is 0.12. How far must the ball travel until pure rolling motion sets in? Any help would be...
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    What was the speed of the bowling ball

    A ball is traveling with constant speed hits the pins placed at the end of a bowling lane 16.5 m long. The bowler heard the sound of the ball hitting the pins 2.5 s after the ball was released from his hands. The speed of sound is 340 m/s. What was the speed of the ball.
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    Calculating the Gravitational Force of Two Bowling Balls

    One problem 1.) Two bowling balls each have a mass of 15.8 kg. They are located next to one another with their centers 1.8 cm apart. What gravitational force do they exert on each other? (Use G = 6.670 10-11 N · m 2/kg2.)
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    Inertia of a Bowling Pin: Can We Predict Its Complex Motion After Impact?

    Hi, I need to know the moment of inertia of a bowling pin. I'd like to know how to calculate it. I would prefer an approximation formula according to the mass of the pin instead of an integration method. Thank you
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    Kinematics bowling ball problem

    a bowling ball traveling with constant speed hits the pins at the end of a bowling lane 10 m long. The bowler hears the sound of the ball hitting the pins 3 sec after the ball is released from his hands. What is the speed of the ball? (Speed of sound is 340 m/s) Can someone give me a hint? I...
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    A bowling ball going 20MPH or a Ping Pong ball going 200MPH?

    Just wondering, what generates more force? A bowling ball going 20MPH or a Ping Pong ball going 200MPH?
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    How Does Friction Affect the Transition from Sliding to Rolling in Bowling?

    a bowling ball is given an initial speed vo on an alley such that it initially slides without rolling. The coefficient of friction between ball and alley is u. find the speed of the ball's center of mass vCM at the time pure rolling motion occurs. i used (1/2)mvo^2=(1/2)mVCM^2 + (1/2)Iw^2...
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    Do Bowling Balls and Cue Balls Roll at the Same Speed Down an Incline?

    a bowling ball is racing a cue ball down a 30* incline. the incline is 2 m long. what is the translational speed of each ball at the bottom. wouldnt i need a radius of each ball to be able to find the translational speed?
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    Solving the Bowling Ball Problem: Find the Final Speed

    A bowling ball is thrown such that at the instant it touches the floore it is moving horizontally with a speed of 8m/s and is not rotating. it slides for a time and distance before it begins to roll without slipping. The coefficient of friction between the ball and the floor is .06. What is...
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    Solving the Bowling Ball Problem: Find Final Speed

    A bowling ball is thrown such that at the instant it touches the floore it is moving horizontally with a speed of 8m/s and is not rotating. it slides for a time and distance before it begins to roll without slipping. The coefficient of friction between the ball and the floor is .06. What is...
  12. R

    How Long Until a Bowling Ball Starts Rolling Without Slipping?

    picture is included. A bowling ball 28 cm in diameter is slid down an alley with which it has a coefficient of sliding friction of µ = 0.52. The ball has an initial velocity of 11 m/s and no rotation. g = 9.81 m/s2. Note: For a sphere Icm = (2/5)mr2. a) What is the initial deceleration of...
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    Bowling Ball Angular momentum problems

    There are only 2 problems I am absolutely clueless on; if someone could help me get started on those 2 problems and help me figure out where I went wrong on the others, that would be great. 1. A bowling ball has a mass of 5.00 kg, a moment of inertia of 1.60 10-2 kg · m2, and a radius of...
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    Solving a Bowling Ball Force Problem: Finding Weight and Acceleration

    I am having difficulty solving this problem. I even asked my teacher for help but her equation did not work and I am confused even more. Can someone please help me? Q. When you lift a bowling ball with a force of 82 N, the ball accelerates upward with an acceleration a. If you lift with a...
  15. Ivan Seeking

    How to diffract a bowling ball

    This is a distant cousin to my question about the wave function of atoms in a solid. If I were to construct some apparatus that allows me to cool a bowling ball to near absolute zero, and to then cause the ball to roll through a doorway at a speed of say 10^-35 meters per second, then, since the...
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