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Re: How hard will a ball deflection hit?
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Originally Posted by Culvan Van Li
It is interesting how similar that equation is to F = MA = M * Change in Velocity / Change in Time. It should be possible to calculate resulting vectors in a collision based on using the conservation of momentum and the conservation of energy.
Andy
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Good observation. The momentum-impulse equation is the integral of Newton's Second Law. Integrating force over time gives you F*t, and the integral of acceleration is velocity.
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