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Homework Statement
A 0.145 ball is pitched at 37 m/s and is hit on a horizontal line drive at 51.5 m/s. If the contact time between the ball and the bat is 3.5x10-3 seconds what is the avg force between the bat and the ball during contact.
Homework Equations
P=mv
[tex]\Sigma[/tex]F=[tex]\Delta[/tex]P/[tex]\Delta[/tex]T
mfinal*vfinal-minitial*vinitial/[tex]\Delta[/tex]Time
factor out m (mass)
m(vfinal-vinitial)/[tex]\Delta[/tex]t
The Attempt at a Solution
0.145kg(51.5m/s-37.0m/s)/(3.5*10-3)
i get 600N but my webwork says that not right i have no idea what I am doing wrong