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Homework Statement
A baseball traveling at 30 m/s [f] hits a catcher's mitt and comes to a stop in a distance of 5.0 cm. What is the acceleration?
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Vi = 30 m/s
d = 0.05 m
a = ?
Vf = 0
Vf^2 = Vi^2 + 2a.d
0 = 90 m^2/s^2 + 2a.0.05m
- 90 m^2/s^2 = 2a.0.05m
-30 m^2/s^2 = a.0.05m
a = -600 m/s^2