A baseball player pitches a fastball toward home plate at a speed of 41.0 m/s. The batter swings, connects with the ball of mass 165 g, and hits it so that the ball leaves the bat with a speed of 35.0 m/s. Assume that the ball is moving horizontally just before and just after the collision with the bat.

What is the impulse delivered to the ball by the bat? Enter a positive value if the impulse is in the direction the bat pushes the ball and  enter a negative value if the impulse is in the opposite direction the bat pushes the ball.

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