A tennis player swings her 1000 g racket with a speed of 15.0 m/s. She hits a 60 g tennis ball that was approaching her at a speed of 18.0 m/s. The ball rebounds at 40.0 m/s. How fast is her racket moving immediately after the impact? You can ignore the interaction of the racket with her hand for the brief duration of the collision.
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If the tennis ball and racket are in contact for 7.00 , what is the average force that the racket exerts on the ball?

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Answer:

[tex]v_r=13.68\ m.s^{-1}[/tex] is the final velocity of the racket.

[tex]F=18.86\ N[/tex]

Explanation:

Given:

  • mass of the racket, [tex]m_r=1000\ g[/tex]
  • mass of ball, [tex]m_b=60\ g[/tex]
  • initial speed of racket, [tex]u_r=15\ m.s^{-1}[/tex]
  • initial speed of ball, [tex]u_b=18\ m.s^{-1}[/tex]
  • final speed of ball, [tex]v_b=40\ m.s^{-1}[/tex]
  • time of contact of racket with the ball, [tex]t=0.07\ s[/tex]

By the law of conservation of momentum:

[tex]m_r.u_r+m_b.u_b=m_r.v_r+m_b.v_b[/tex]

where: [tex]v_r=[/tex] final velocity of the racket

[tex]1000\times 15+60\times 18=1000\times v_r+60\times 40[/tex]

[tex]v_r=13.68\ m.s^{-1}[/tex] is the final velocity of the racket.

By the Newton's second law of motion:

[tex]F=\frac{dp}{dt}[/tex] ............................(1)

where:

dp = change in momentum

dt = change in time

Change in momentum of ball:

[tex]\Delta p_b=m_b.v_b-m_b.u_b[/tex]

[tex]\Delta p_b=60\times 10^{-3}\times (40-18)[/tex]

[tex]\Delta p_b=1.32\ kg.m.s^{-1}[/tex]

Now, using eq.(1):

[tex]F=\frac{1.32}{0.07}[/tex]

[tex]F=18.86\ N[/tex]