If I hit a baseball coming at me at 35 mph v. a baseball at 80 mph, which will go further.?
Question:If each has the same exact swing. Excluding all other variables. Which would go further?
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If the swing, wind conditions, and all other things are exactly the same, then the 35 mph pitch would travel farther. It will take more energy from the bat swing to offset the extra 45 mph energy of the faster pitch.Yes, as mentioned in the first answer, all of the available energy must be conserved, but recall that the pitch will be travelling in the opposite direction of the bat.
Recall Newton's law of motion that says "every action has an equal and opposite reaction." For the sake of argument, say that the bat swings at 100 mph in the opposite direction of the ball. With this in mind, let's look at the 2 possible scenarios.
#1) The 35 mph ball. The ball is coming in at 35 while the bat is swinging out at 100. To counteract the motion of the ball, the bat will be sent moving backwards with a force of 35 mph, leaving 65 mph to act on the ball.
#2) The 80 mph ball. To counter the ball's energy, the bat will feel a reverse force of 80 mph, leaving only 20 mph to send the ball back in the opposite direction.
So the 35 mph ball will be acted upon by a greater force and will travel a farther distance.
the 80 mph ball will go further because it has more energy coming in. More energy coming in means more energy going out (conservation of energy)
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The ball traveling 80 mph has more kinetic energy, which means that when you hit it with a bat, there is more energy that can be conserved and then transfered to the baseball which means that it will go farther.the one going 80mph. F=ma-- force equals mass times acceleration so if the force is the same, and the mass is the same, but the acceleration is different, then the 80mph ball will go further before friction kicks in and slows it down.
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