Question

A baseball has a mass of 145 g. A bat exerts a force of 18,400 N on the ball. What is the acceleration of the ball? 1.27 x 102 m/s squared

Answer 1

a = F/m

That works out to be 126,900 m/s^2.

Or roughly 12,900 Gs ! I have a feeling that would rip the hide clean off of the ball, but the math is correct.

Answer 2

Answer:

The acceleration of the ball is $1.27\times10^{5}\ m/s^2$

Explanation:

Given that,

Mass = 145 kg

Force = 18,400 N

We need to calculate the acceleration

The acceleration is equal to the Force divided by the mass.

Using formula of acceleration

$a = \dfrac{F}{m}$

Where, F = force

m = mass

Put the value into the formula

$a =\dfrac{18,400}{145\times10^{-3}}$

$a=1.27\times10^{5}\ m/s^2$

Hence,The acceleration of the ball is $1.27\times10^{5}\ m/s^2$