A soft tennis ball is dropped onto a hard floor from a height of 1.95 m and rebounds to a height of 1.39 m. (Assume that the positive direction is upward.)
(a) Calculate its velocity just before it strikes the floor.
m/s
(b) Calculate its velocity just after it leaves the floor on its way back up.
m/s
(c) Calculate its acceleration during contact with the floor if that contact lasts 3.50 ms.
m/s2
(d) How much did the ball compress during its collision with the floor, assuming the floor is absolutely rigid?
m