Question

As a baseball is being caught, its speed goes from 43 to 0 m/s in about 0.003 s. Its mass is 0.145 kg. (Take the direction the baseball is thrown to be positive.) (a) What is the baseball's acceleration in m/s2

Answer 1

The question is incomplete, these are the missing parts of the question.

b) What is the baseball's acceleration in g's? (Indicate the direction with the sign of your answer.)

(b) What is the size of the force acting on it?

Answer:

a) -14333.3ms-2

b) -1462.58g

c) 2078N

Step-by-step explanation:

The acceleration (deceleration) is easily found from from the information provided. Then the acceleration is obtained in terms of g as shown in the solution attached. The force is obtained from F=ma as shown in the image attached. Note the acceleration is negative because the ball was coming to rest. (The ball was caught).