American Curriculum
The fastest server in the women’s game is Venus Williams of the United States of America, who recorded a serve of 205 km/hr during a match in Switzerland in 1998. Calculate the ball’s momentum if it has a mass of 58 g.
Given data here are,
velocity , v= 205 km/ hr = 205 x 1000/ 3600 m/s
v = 2050/36 m/s = 56.94 m/s
mass, m = 58g = 0.058kg
therefore momentum p is
p = m x v
p = 0.058 x 56.94
p = 3.3025 kgm/s