Question

Baseballs pitched by a machine have a horizontal velocity of 30 meters/second. The machine accelerates the baseball from 0 meters/second to 30 meters/second in 0.5 seconds. If a baseball has a mass of 0.15 kilograms, the force the machine exerts is _______ newtons. Use F = ma, where a= v-u/t.

Answer 1

using the formula

F = ma

Where F is the force applied by the machine

A is the acceleration which is also equal to v/t where v is the velocity and t is time

M is the mass

F = mv/t

F = (0.15kg) (30 – 0 m/s)/ 0.5 s

F = 9 N