Question

During a neighborhood baseball game in a vacant lot, a particularly wild hit sends a 0.145 kg baseball crashing through the pane of a second-floor window in a nearby building. The ball strikes the glass at 14.5 m/s , shatters the glass as it passes through, and leaves the window at 10.9 m/s with no change of direction. What is the direction of the impulse that the glass imparts to the baseball

Answer 1

J = -0.522 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that,

The mass of the baseball, m = 0.145 kg

Initial velocity, u = 14.5 m/s

Final velocity, v = 10.9 m/s

aWe need to find the direction of the impulse that the glass imparts to the baseball. Impulse is equal to the change in momentum such that,

`J=m(v-u)`

Substitute all the values,

`J=0.145* (10.9-14.5)\\\\=-0.522\ kg-m/s`

The direction of impulse is opposite to the direction of velocity.