Question

While bowling, you throw the bowling ball forward down the right side of the lane. The ball has a constant forward velocity of 8.9 m/s. A bowling lane is 18.3 meters long and 1.05 meters wide. Since you are a professional bowler, you release the ball with a spin that causes the ball to accelerate to the left at a constant rate, a. To get a strike, you need your bowling ball to hit the headpin which is sitting at the end of the lane in the center. (a) What acceleration is needed to hit the headpin? (ignore the width of the pin and ball) (b) What is the final speed of the ball? (c) Use the Order of Magnitude sense-making technique to check the validity of your answer to part (b)

Answer 1

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