Skip to content

Course home

Momentum

Momentum

EasyMedium
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Question 34

A baseball is travelling at a speed of 24 m/s24\text{ m/s}24 m/s horizontally through the air. The mass of the baseball is 0.15 kg0.15\text{ kg}0.15 kg.

A player catches the ball and brings it to rest.

a.

Calculate the magnitude of the change in momentum of the baseball during the catch.

[2]
b.

The player's glove is in contact with the moving ball for 8.0 ms8.0\text{ ms}8.0 ms.

Calculate the average horizontal force exerted by the glove to bring the ball to rest.

[3]
Markscheme

Momentum Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /Physics
  3. /Momentum

78 exam-style questions on CIE IGCSE Physics Momentum, covering Momentum. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

Question bank