Asked by Zephyr Benedict

A baseball collides with a baseball glove. Which equation is used to calculate the force the glove exerts on the ball during the collision?
A. force = mass × acceleration
B. force = weight × velocity
C. force = weight × acceleration
D. force = mass × velocity

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A. force = mass × acceleration

By Newton's second law F = ma. In collisions it's often used as the average force: Fav = m Δv / Δt (change in momentum divided by collision time).