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A baseball player hits a ball with a bat. At one moment the force exerted by...

A baseball player hits a ball with a bat. At one moment the force exerted by the bat on the ball is 18,000 N. At that same moment, how much force is exerted on the bat by the ball?

a) 18,000 N

b) less than 18,000 N

c) more than 18,000 N

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Answer #1

According to Newton's third law of motion, every action ha equal and opposite reaction. That is the ball exerts the same amount of force in opposite direction on the bat as exerted by the vat on the ball.

So the correct answer is (a) 18000N.

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