he world record for fastest baseball pitch is held by Aroldis Chapman, who has a measured pitch
Question:
he world record for fastest baseball pitch is held by Aroldis Chapman, who has a measured pitch speed of 105.1 miles per hour (46.9800 m/s). For this problem consider the baseball travels in a straight line right before and right after it is hit by a hypothetical batter (so this is a 1-D problem). The batter returns the ball at 55.9200 m/s directly back toward the pitcher. The duration of the collision is measured to be 0.41935 milliseconds. The mass of the baseball is 142.5400 grams. Calculate the magnitude of the average force (in Newtons) the bat exerts on the baseball during the collision. Report your answer to the nearest whole number of Newtons.
Data Analysis and Decision Making
ISBN: 978-0538476126
4th edition
Authors: Christian Albright, Wayne Winston, Christopher Zappe