A catcher “gives” with a baseball when catching it. If the baseball exerts a force of 472 N on the glove such?
9.)
A catcher “gives” with a baseball when catching it.
If the baseball exerts a force of 472 N on
the glove such that the glove is displaced 12.8
cm, how much work is done by the ball?
Answer in units of J
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Work is force times distance traveled times the cosine of the angle between the force and the displacement. The force of the ball on the glove is in the same direction, so that cosine is 1 and the work is:
W = (472 N)(0.128 m)
Note that the displacement was converted to meters to get SI units of joules.
Funny, I was wondering the same thing myself
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