Question

A rubber ball and a steel ball are dropped from the same height onto a concrete floor. They have the same mass, and lets assume that they both rebound to the same height after hitting the ground. How would the average forces experienced by the balls compare. Group of answer choices The steel ball would experience the greater average force The average forces would be the same The rubber ball would experience the greater average force

Answer 1

The average forces would be the same

Step-by-step explanation:

Both have the same velocity on impact as they fell from the same height.

Both have the same velocity after the bounce because they reach the same height.

Both have the same mass

Both will thus experience the same impulse because both have the same change in momentum.

Therefore both experience the same average force.