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In order to catch a ball, a baseball player naturally moves his or her hand backward in the direction of the ball's motion once the ball contacts the hand. This habit causes the force of impact on the players hand to be reduced in size principally because ___.
a) the resulting impact velocity is lessened
b) the momentum change is decreased
c) the time of impact is increased
d) the time of impact is decreased
e) none of these

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Answer:

b) Momentum decreased

Explanation:

The relative velocity  ( with repect to hand) of ball is decreased by moving hand with some velocity in the direction of ball's velocity.

Option B is correct. The force of impact on the player's hand is to be reduced in size principally because the momentum change is decreased.

What is momentum?

The measurement of mass in motion is called momentum. Momentum is equal to its mass multiplied by its velocity. Mathematically it is given as;

Momentum = Mass x Velocity

P= mv

On the hand the ball strike with the same impact but by taking the hand back from that position the momentum value is reduced.

Hence Option B is correct. The force of impact on the player's hand is to be reduced in size principally because the momentum change is decreased.

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https://brainly.com/question/4956182

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