A 0.45-kg football traveling at a speed of 22 m/s is caught by an 84-kg stationary receiver. If the football comes to rest in the receiver's arms, what is the magnitude of the impulse imparted to the receiver by the ball?
1 Answer
Apr 30, 2018
Recall,
If the football comes to rest, its momentum is conserved and the impulse represents its original momentum.
Hence,
is the impulse imparted to the receiver by the ball, regardless of the receiver's mass.
