What is the Work Done by a Baseball on a Catcher's Glove?

[Vision5]

Homework Statement

A catcher "gives" with a baseball when catching it. If the baseball exerts a force of 511N on the glove, so that the glove is displaced 12.0 cm, how much work is done by the ball?

Homework Equations

$$<br /> <br /> W=F* \Delta$$x

3. The Attempt at a Solution [/tex]

W=511*12.0?

 

[Delphi51]

Welcome to PF, Vision.
You've got it except convert the cm to meters.

 

[Vision5]

Thanks, i can't believe i overlooked that, wow.
Thank you for the help.