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.