A soccerplayer catches a kicked soccer ball. The ball is travelinghorizontally a

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A soccerplayer catches a kicked soccer ball. The ball is travelinghorizontally at

(a)Determine the player’s linear, horizontal speed just aftercatching the ball, assuming that her

feetaren’t in contact with the ground (she’s jumped alittle) and that the ball hits her at her center

(b)Determine the player’s angular speed just after catching the ball,assuming that her feet are in

contactwith the ground, and she has raised her arms over her head to catchthe ball. Therefore,

afterimpact, she will be rotating backwards about her heels. To simplifyyour estimate, assume

that theplayer is like an upright, uniform, thin rod with one end pivotedat the ground.

Explanation / Answer

for part (a), you need the masses of the ball and the player;along with the velocity of the ball * * for part (b), you need the same information as (a), PLUSthe distance from the ground to the catch point (lever arm)

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