Question
A golf ball hit with a force of 15 N travels with an acceleration of 25 m/s2. What is the mass of the golf ball?
Answers
Anonymous
Force = rate of change of momentum = mass * acceleration if mass is constant
F = m a
so m = F/a = 15 N / 25 m/s^2 = 0.60 kg
Which by the way is quite a heavy golf ball
F = m a
so m = F/a = 15 N / 25 m/s^2 = 0.60 kg
Which by the way is quite a heavy golf ball