A tennis player swings her 1000 g racket with a speed of 12 m/s. she hits a 60 g tennis ball that was approaching her at a speed of 16 m/s. The ball rebounds at 42 m/s.
(a) How fast is her racket moving immediatley after the impact? You can ignore the interaction of the racket with her hand for the brief duration of the collision.
__________ m/s
(b) If the tennis ball and racket are in contatc for 10 ms, what is the average force that the racket exerts on the ball?
________ N
How does this compare to the gravitational force on the ball?
F avg / W ball=________