Question 3

A tennis ball with no initial horizontal velocity leaves a tennis racquet with a horizontal speed of 58 m s–1. The mass of the ball is 0.060 kg.

a) Calculate the impulse given to the ball.

b) If the time of contact with the racquet is 0.025 s, calculate the average force exerted on the ball.

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