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Trying to get my head around the velocity vector that a tennis ball goes after it is hit with a tennis racket. To make matter easier, I am only thinking about it in terms as if the ball is sitting in midair motionless when the racket hits it.
Say the ball is hit with a force of 1N and the mass of the ball is 0.057kg then the acceleration is 1N/0.057kg. Is this enough information to calculate the trajectory of the tennis ball?
Even though the ball height verses distance is in one plane, determining what angle that plane is in relative to where the player is standing confuses me as well. I have a feeling I an just conceptualizing things wrong.
(And no this is in no way related to a homework question)
Say the ball is hit with a force of 1N and the mass of the ball is 0.057kg then the acceleration is 1N/0.057kg. Is this enough information to calculate the trajectory of the tennis ball?
Even though the ball height verses distance is in one plane, determining what angle that plane is in relative to where the player is standing confuses me as well. I have a feeling I an just conceptualizing things wrong.
(And no this is in no way related to a homework question)