Answer: A Tennis Serve. In the fastest measured tennis

Chapter 2, Problem 22E

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Problem 22E

A Tennis Serve. In the fastest measured tennis serve, the ball left the racquet at 73.14 m/s. A served tennis ball is typically in contact with the racquet for 30.0 ms and starts from rest. Assume constant acceleration. (a) What was the ball’s acceleration during this serve? (b) How far did the ball travel during the serve?

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QUESTION:

Problem 22E

A Tennis Serve. In the fastest measured tennis serve, the ball left the racquet at 73.14 m/s. A served tennis ball is typically in contact with the racquet for 30.0 ms and starts from rest. Assume constant acceleration. (a) What was the ball’s acceleration during this serve? (b) How far did the ball travel during the serve?

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Solution 22E

Step 1

The acceleration of an object is given by

Where  and  are the final and initial velocities and  is the time interval during which the change in velocity occurs.

In the given problem we have ,  and

So, using the above equation we can write that

Hence the acceleration of the ball during serve is 2438 m/s2.

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