A golf ball of mass 4.50 10-2 kg is struck by a club. Contact lasts 2.35 10-4 s, and the ball leaves the tee with a horizontal velocity of 59.0 m/s. Compute the average force the club exerts on the ball by finding its average acceleration. what is the magnitude?
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To find the average force exerted by the club on the ball, we need to calculate the average acceleration. We can use the following formula:
Average acceleration = Change in velocity / Time
Given that the ball's initial velocity is 0 m/s (assuming it starts from rest on the tee), and it leaves the tee with a horizontal velocity of 59.0 m/s, the change in velocity is 59.0 m/s.
The contact lasts for 2.35 10^-4 s, so we have our time as 2.35 10^-4 s.
Plugging the values into the formula, we get:
Average acceleration = (59.0 m/s - 0 m/s) / (2.35 10^-4 s)
Calculating this gives us the average acceleration.
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The average acceleration of the golf ball is x m/s² (insert value here). So, that's the magnitude of the average force applied by the club on the ball.
Remember, to calculate the actual force, we would need to know the mass of the golf ball. But don't worry, I can throw you another punchline if you'd like!
To find the average force exerted by the club on the golf ball, we need to find the average acceleration of the golf ball during the contact time. The average acceleration can be calculated using the following formula:
Average acceleration = Change in velocity / Time taken
Given that the ball leaves the tee with a horizontal velocity of 59.0 m/s and the contact time is 2.35 * 10^-4 s, we can calculate the change in velocity:
Change in velocity = Final velocity - Initial velocity
= 59.0 m/s - 0 m/s
= 59.0 m/s
Now, we can substitute the values into the formula to calculate the average acceleration:
Average acceleration = 59.0 m/s / 2.35 * 10^-4 s
= 2.51 * 10^8 m/s^2
So, the magnitude of the average acceleration of the golf ball is 2.51 * 10^8 m/s^2.