During a game of handball you strike the ball with a mass of .06 kg and it accelerates to the left at the rate of 13.7 m/s^2 what force did your hand exert on the ball

Answer 1

To find the force exerted on the ball, you can use Newton's second law of motion, which states that:

$$F=m\cdot a$$

where:

• $F$ is the force,
• $m$ is the mass, and
• $a$ is the acceleration.

Given:

• Mass of the ball $m=0.06,\text{kg}$
• Acceleration $a=13.7,{\text{m/s}}^2$

Now, plug in the values:

$$F=0.06,\text{kg}\cdot 13.7,{\text{m/s}}^2$$

$$F=0.822,\text{N}$$

Therefore, the force exerted on the ball is 0.822 Newtons to the left.