What is the impulse delivered by the floor in a 2D bounce pass?

  • Thread starter Thread starter xthursday
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Impulse
AI Thread Summary
To determine the impulse delivered by the floor during a 2D bounce pass, the player throws a 0.60 kg basketball at 6.5 m/s and an angle of 58° from the vertical. The impulse can be calculated using the change in momentum, which involves considering both the vertical and horizontal components of the velocity. The user attempted to find the impulse by calculating momentum but struggled with incorporating the angle correctly. The calculated impulse of 4.133 kg*m/s is close but not accepted, indicating a potential error in the angle's application or the overall calculation method. Clarification on how to properly account for the angle in the impulse formula is needed for an accurate solution.
xthursday
Messages
4
Reaction score
0

Homework Statement


To make a bounce pass, a player throws a 0.60 kg basketball toward the floor. The ball hits the floor with a speed of 6.5 m/s at an angle of 58° from the vertical. If the ball rebounds with the same speed and angle, what was the impulse delivered to it by the floor?


Homework Equations


I = F*Δt = Δp = Δ(mv)


The Attempt at a Solution


P= (.60kg)*(6.5m/s)= 3.9 kg*m/s

I'm not sure what to do about the angle, theta. None of the example problems I've seen have used it. I tried multiplying the momentum by cos(theta) but I'm not getting the right answer. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me out with the equation for this and explain it =D
 
Physics news on Phys.org
I'm not sure if this is the right equation, but it seems like something along the lines of what I need:
m*v*cos(Ѳ) + m*v*sin(Ѳ)

The answer I got was 4.133 kg*m/s. This answer is within the correct range, but the input box says it cannot evaluate my answer ><
 
Thread 'Voltmeter readings for this circuit with switches'
TL;DR Summary: I would like to know the voltmeter readings on the two resistors separately in the picture in the following cases , When one of the keys is closed When both of them are opened (Knowing that the battery has negligible internal resistance) My thoughts for the first case , one of them must be 12 volt while the other is 0 The second case we'll I think both voltmeter readings should be 12 volt since they are both parallel to the battery and they involve the key within what the...
Thread 'Struggling to make relation between elastic force and height'
Hello guys this is what I tried so far. I used the UTS to calculate the force it needs when the rope tears. My idea was to make a relationship/ function that would give me the force depending on height. Yeah i couldnt find a way to solve it. I also thought about how I could use hooks law (how it was given to me in my script) with the thought of instead of having two part of a rope id have one singular rope from the middle to the top where I could find the difference in height. But the...

Similar threads

Back
Top