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A steel ball of mass mfalls from a height honto a scale calibrated in newtons. The ball rebounds repeatedly to nearly the same height h. The scale is sluggish in its response to the intermittent hits and displays an average forceFavg, such that F_{\text{avg}}T=FE_{t},where Fytis the brief impulse that the ball imparts to the scale on every hit, and Tis the time between hits.

Question: Calculate this average force in terms of m,hand physical constants. Compare your result with the scale reading if the ball merely rests on the scale. Explain your analysis carefully (but briefly).

Short Answer

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The value of average force

Fevg=2m2ghT

Step by step solution

01

Identification of given data

  • Mass of steel ball - m

  • Height - h

02

Calculation of the average force.

Striking velocity,v=2gh

Rebound velocityv=-2gh

Then the impulse

\begin{aligned}&I=m\timesV\\&I=m(\sqrt{2gh}-(-\sqrt{2gh}))\\&I=2m\sqrt{2gh}\end{aligned}

Force,

\begin{aligned}&F=\frac{mV}{\text{Ù‚}t}\\&F=\frac{2m\sqrt{2gh}}{\text{Rt}}\end{aligned}

As given in the question

\begin{aligned}&F_{avg}T=F\rrbrackett\\&F_{\text{avg}}T=F冈t\\&F_{\text{avg}}T=\frac{2m\sqrt{2gh}}{冈t}\times冈t\\&F_{\text{avg}}=\frac{2m\sqrt{2gh}}{T}\end{aligned}

Thus, the value of average force becomes

Favg=2m2ghT

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