A 0.15-kg baseball is pitched with a speed of 35 m/s (78 mph). When the ball hits

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A 0.15-kg baseball is pitched with a speed of 35 m/s (78 mph). When the ball hits the catcher's glove, the glove moves back by 5.0 cm (2 in.) as it stops the ball.
(a) What was the change in momentum of the baseball?
(b) What impulse was applied to the baseball?
(c) Assuming a constant acceleration of the ball, what was the average force applied by the catcher's glove?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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