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Question 3 b)
If the softball and bat are in contact for 10 ms, what is the average force that the bat exerts on the ball? Give your answer to the nearest whole number in units of N. Write your answer without units i.e., 12 N as 12.
Question 2 d)
This
time, a curler picks up a ‘joke’ stone weighing 40 kg. They launch it at the
same speed as before (3.5 m/s) and again, there is no extra sweeping. Which one
of the following is true?
Question 3 a)
A fastpitch softball player swings her 600 g bat with a speed of 25 m/s at the time of impact with the ball. She hits a 170 g softball that was approaching her at a speed of 30 m/s. The ball rebounds at 41 m/s.
How fast is her bat moving immediately after the impact? (Ignore the interaction with her hand for the duration of the collision.) Give your answer to 1 decimal place in units of m/s. Write your answer without units i.e., 12.6 m/s as 12.6.
Question 2 c)
A
20 kg stone is launched with a speed of 3.5 m/s and travels 42 m before stopping
(without any team members sweeping). What is the magnitude of the friction
force on the stone? Assume constant acceleration. Give your answer to one
decimal place in Newtons. Write your answer without units i.e., 1.2 N as 1.2.
Question 2 b)
The sweepers in a curling competition adjust the (direction it is going) of the stone by:
Question 2 a)
Curling
is a winter sport played on ice where two teams of four players each take turns
sliding heavy granite stones towards a target area called the
"house." Team members are able to sweep the ice in front of the stone
to adjust its speed and trajectory although they are forbidden from touching
the stone. Expert and careful sweeping can lengthen the travel of the stone by
around 3 m.
A
curler pushes a 20 kg stone from rest to a speed of 3.5 m/s over a time of 2.0
s. Ignoring the force of friction (for now) and assuming a constant
acceleration, how much force must the curler apply to the stone to bring it up
to speed? Give your answer in whole numbers in Newtons. Write your answer
without units i.e., 12 N as 12.
Question 1 c)
At
first, the driver pulls on the rope, but the car does not move. What is the
approximate direction of the force of the mud on the car?
Question 1 d)
The change in the ball’s position from
Question 1 b)
When the driver pulls on the rope as shown in the diagram, is the approximate direction of the tension force on the tree?
Question 1 a)
An unlucky driver has become bogged in the mud near a tree. Fortunately, they find a rope in their car and attach it to the tree and car, and they pull on the rope as shown in the picture. Also shown is the resulting force diagram, demonstrating why the technique works: the car experiences a very large force with a relatively small ‘tug’ applied by the driver.
The sum of the three forces acting on the centre point of the rope is assumed to be zero because: