AQA M3 2006 June — Question 3

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleM3 (Mechanics 3)
Year2006
SessionJune
TopicMomentum and Collisions 2

3 A ball of mass 0.45 kg is travelling horizontally with speed \(15 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) when it strikes a fixed vertical bat directly and rebounds from it. The ball stays in contact with the bat for 0.1 seconds. At time \(t\) seconds after first coming into contact with the bat, the force exerted on the ball by the bat is \(1.4 \times 10 ^ { 5 } \left( t ^ { 2 } - 10 t ^ { 3 } \right)\) newtons, where \(0 \leqslant t \leqslant 0.1\). In this simple model, ignore the weight of the ball and model the ball as a particle.
  1. Show that the magnitude of the impulse exerted by the bat on the ball is 11.7 Ns , correct to three significant figures.
  2. Find, to two significant figures, the speed of the ball immediately after the impact.
  3. Give a reason why the speed of the ball immediately after the impact is different from the speed of the ball immediately before the impact.