Question

In baseball, a home run means the batter has hit the baseball into the stands, beyond the baseball field. Compare the force of the batter when bunting the ball into the in-field versus hitting a grand slam.

A) There is no way to estimate the batter's force.


B) The force is much less when bunting into the in-field.


C) The force of the batters in each case is about the same.


D) The force of the batter is much less when hitting the ball out of the park.

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

"Bunting" is when the batter lets the ball hit the bat without swinging it.

Force is mass times acceleration. The mass of the ball is the same in both scenarios, but the acceleration is much lower when bunting than it is when hitting a grand slam, so the force is much lower.

Therefore, the answer is B.

Answer 2

Answer: The force is much less when bunting into the in-field.

Explanation: usually, a home run is more a technique thing than a force thing.

an example can be that, two swings with the same force, but one hits the ball with the border of the bat, and the other hits the ball with the middle, in the second case more force will be transmitted to the ball, and it will go further away (increasing in this way the probability of a home run).

Assuming that in both cases the ball is hit exactly in the same way, now the force matters. Then a ball that goes out of the field is hit with more force than one that does not go out of the field.

Then the correct option would be option B: The force is much less when bunting into the in-field.