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Chapter 10 Problem 76PP

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Problem 76PP

A tennis ball bouncing on a hard surface compresses and then rebounds. The details of the rebound are specified in tennis regulations. Tennis balls, to be acceptable for tournament play, must have a mass of 57.5 g. When dropped from a height of 2.5 m onto a concrete surface, a ball must rebound to a height of 1.4 m. During impact, the ball compresses by approximately 6 mm.

If the ball accelerates uniformly when it hits the floor, what is its approximate acceleration as it comes to rest before rebounding?

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Title College Physics 12 
Author Randall D. Knight
ISBN 9780321595492

A tennis ball bouncing on a hard surface compresses and

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