A 0.148 kg baseball is initially thrown toward the batter at 44m/s. The batter strikes the ball with 1500N of force sending it at 36 m/s in the opposite direction. How long is the ball in contact with the bat?

Argon is adiabatically compressed from an initial volume of 16 liters to a final volume of 2 liters. by what factor do the following quantities change? do they increase or decrease? (a) the rms speed (b) the thermal energy of the gas (c) the molar specific heat cv (d) the pressure

Gasoline comes from petroleum, which is made from ancient living things. petroleum, therefore, contains a type of energy. a. heat b. nuclear c. biological d. chemical potential

Suppose you increase your walking speed from 7 m/s to 13 m/s in a period of 2 s. what is your acceleration?