Is it true that when a baseball player hits a home run, the baseball receives a greater impulse from the bat than the bat does from the ball?

My thinking is that everything should be equal so I would answer this question false-am I correct?

You are correct.

Actually, your thinking is correct! According to Newton's third law of motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When a baseball player hits a home run, both the ball and the bat receive an equal and opposite impulse.

The impulse received by an object is equal to the force acting on it, multiplied by the time interval over which the force is applied. So, when a baseball player strikes the ball with a bat, the forces between the ball and the bat are equal and opposite. This means that the impulse received by the bat is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to the impulse received by the ball.

Therefore, the statement that the baseball receives a greater impulse from the bat than the bat does from the ball is false. Both the bat and the ball experience the same magnitude of impulse but in opposite directions.