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Impulse or average force when a ball rebounds from a wall, bat or ground

This type of question, asked 5 times: 2021 Paper 14, 26 Jun 2022, 25 Jul 2022, 31 Jan 2023, 30 Jan 2024. All 5 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 14

    4
    Find the ratio of the impulse transferred to the wall by a ball incident normally and then at 45∘45^{\circ} with normal?

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  2. Question 2

    26 Jun 2022

    112
    A batsman hits back a ball of mass 0.4 kg0.4\text{ }kg straight in the direction of the bowler without changing its initial speed of 15 ms−115{\text{ }ms}^{- 1}. The impulse imparted to the ball is ____\_\_\_\_ Ns.
  3. Question 3

    25 Jul 2022

    94
    Two billiard balls of mass 0.05 kg0.05\text{ }kg each moving in opposite directions with 10 ms−110{\text{ }ms}^{- 1} collide and rebound with the same speed. If the time duration of contact is =0.005 s= 0.005\text{ }s, then what is the force exerted on the ball due to each other?

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  4. Question 4

    31 Jan 2023

    15
     100\ 100 balls each of mass m moving with speed vv simultaneously strike a wall normally and reflected back with same speed, in time tsectsec. The total force exerted by the balls on the wall is

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  5. Question 5

    30 Jan 2024

    17
    A spherical body of mass 100 g100\text{ }g is dropped from a height of 10 m10\text{ }m from the ground. After hitting the ground, the body rebounds to a height of 5 m5\text{ }m. The impulse of force imparted by the ground to the body is given by : (given g=9.8 m/s2g = 9.8\text{ }m/s^{2} )

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