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MattF
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Hi, I have a homework problem that's giving me a bit of trouble. I hope someone can help me out and verify whether I'm correct or not :)
After falling from rest at a height of 30 meters, a 0.50 kilogram ball rebounds upward, reaching a height of 20 meters. If the contact between ball and ground lasted 0.002 seconds, what average force was exerted on the ball?
Ok, here is how I went about solving this. Using free-fall equation final velocity squared = initial velocity squared + (2 * gravity * height) (g=9.81), I determined that the ball impacted the ground at 24.261 m/s.
Then, using the same equation I determined that to reach a height of 20 meters it had to leave the ground at an initial velocity 19.81 m/s.
Thus, for average force:
F=ma=(mass*change in velocity)/time=[0.5 kg*(19.81 m/s - (-24.261 m/s)]/0.002 seconds
Force= 11020 Newtons
Phew, am I correct?
After falling from rest at a height of 30 meters, a 0.50 kilogram ball rebounds upward, reaching a height of 20 meters. If the contact between ball and ground lasted 0.002 seconds, what average force was exerted on the ball?
Ok, here is how I went about solving this. Using free-fall equation final velocity squared = initial velocity squared + (2 * gravity * height) (g=9.81), I determined that the ball impacted the ground at 24.261 m/s.
Then, using the same equation I determined that to reach a height of 20 meters it had to leave the ground at an initial velocity 19.81 m/s.
Thus, for average force:
F=ma=(mass*change in velocity)/time=[0.5 kg*(19.81 m/s - (-24.261 m/s)]/0.002 seconds
Force= 11020 Newtons
Phew, am I correct?