Use the equation below to calculate the answer.
W = (F) x (d)
A professional baseball player runs 21m from centerfield to try and rob a homerun. The baseball player collides with the wall and makes catch 122m away from Homeplate. The player exerts a force of 900N on the wall as he hits it. The wall is flexible and bends back by about 0.2m upon collision, but ultimately snaps back into place and is NOT displaced at all. How much work was done on the wall by the player? Use the equation
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1 point
180J
0J
18,900J
109,800J
To calculate the work done on the wall by the player, we can use the equation W = F x d, where F is the force exerted by the player on the wall and d is the distance the wall moves (in this case, 0.2m).
W = 900N x 0.2m
W = 180J
Therefore, the work done on the wall by the player is 180J. So the answer is 180J.