In Section 8.6, we found that for a uniform baseball bat, the sweet spot is a distance L/6 from the center of the bat. A real bat is not uniform; it is much thinner in the handle than in the barrel (the end of the bat farthest from point P in Fig. 8.37). Estimate how that affects the location of the sweet spot.

Figure 8.37

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Handle P Center of mass Ball Sweet spot A When a ball hits at the sweet spot and the bat rotates, the end at P does CM not move. B