Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Momentum and Newton's laws of motion

Momentum and Newton's laws of motion — practice question

A snooker ball has a mass of $200\,\text{g}$. It collides with the cushion on a snooker table and rebounds along its original line of motion. The ball reaches the cushion at $14.0\,\text{m s}^{-1}$ and then moves away at $7.0\,\text{m s}^{-1}$. The contact time between the ball and the cushion is $0.60\,\text{s}$. What is the average force exerted on the ball by the cushion?

  • A$1.4\,\text{N}$
  • B$2.3\,\text{N}$
  • C$4.2\,\text{N}$
  • D$7.0\,\text{N}$

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