Question

A bowling ball has a mass of 7.2 kg and a weight of 70.6 N. It moves down the bowling alley at 1 m/s and strikes a pin with a force of 15.0 N. What is the force that the pin exerts on the bowling ball?

Answer 1

A force is a push or a pull acting on an object as a result of its interaction with another object.

Whenever an object interacts with another object, force is applied.

According to Newtons third law of motion which states that :

FOR EVERY ACTION THERE IS EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION.

The bowing ball strikes the pin with 15 N, the pin in turn will exert an equal and opposite force to the ball which is 15N.

The answer is 15N.

Answer 2

A bowling ball has a mass of 7.2 kg and a weight of 70.6 N. It moves down the bowling alley at 1 m/s and strikes a pin with a force of 15.0 N. What is the force that the pin exerts on the bowling ball?

Answer: The answer is 15N. This is done by using Newton third law. It state, to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction.