Question

A basketball is tossed up into the air, falls freely, and bounces from the wooden floor. from the moment after the player releases it until the ball reaches the top of its bounce, what is the smallest system for which momentum is conserved? the ball plus player the ball momentum is not conserved the ball plus earth

Answer 1

I would say the smallest system for which the momentum will be preserved will be the ball plus the earth though in this case it would be the wooden floor since the last thing it does is bounce from the floor up in the air so that is the last system,