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many collisions, like the collision of a bat with a baseball, appear to be Insta

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Question

many collisions, like the collision of a bat with a baseball, appear to be Instantaneous. Most people also would not imagine the bat and the ball bending or being compressed during the collision. Consider the following possibilities: The collision is instantaneous. The collision takes a finite amount of time, during which the ball and bat retain their shapes and remain in contact. The collision takes a finite amount of time, during which the ball and bat are bending or being compressed.

How can two of these be ruled out based on energy and momentum considerations? In as much detail as possible. many collisions, like the collision of a bat with a baseball, appear to be Instantaneous. Most people also would not imagine the bat and the ball bending or being compressed during the collision. Consider the following possibilities: The collision is instantaneous. The collision takes a finite amount of time, during which the ball and bat retain their shapes and remain in contact. The collision takes a finite amount of time, during which the ball and bat are bending or being compressed.

How can two of these be ruled out based on energy and momentum considerations? In as much detail as possible. many collisions, like the collision of a bat with a baseball, appear to be Instantaneous. Most people also would not imagine the bat and the ball bending or being compressed during the collision. Consider the following possibilities: The collision is instantaneous. The collision takes a finite amount of time, during which the ball and bat retain their shapes and remain in contact. The collision takes a finite amount of time, during which the ball and bat are bending or being compressed.

How can two of these be ruled out based on energy and momentum considerations? In as much detail as possible.

Explanation / Answer

The collision takes a finite amount of time, during which the ball and bat are bending or being compressed

Collision is not instaneous as during collision large force acts on the bodies for a finite time thus chnging their momentum . So it is ni instaneous

during collision compression takes place . in order to change their velocities bodis should undergo certain displacement while in contact . they under go compression