| Exam Board | OCR MEI |
| Module | Further Mechanics Major (Further Mechanics Major) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Session | November |
| Topic | Momentum and Collisions |
1 A small ball of mass 0.25 kg is held above a horizontal floor. The ball is released from rest and hits the floor with a speed of \(5 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). It rebounds from the floor with a speed of \(4.2 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\).
The situation is modelled by assuming that the ball is in contact with the floor for 0.02 s and during this time the normal contact force the floor exerts on the ball is constant.
Determine the magnitude of the normal contact force that the floor exerts on the ball.