College Physics (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32160-183-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-32160-183-4

Chapter 4 - Force and Motion - Learning Path Questions and Exercises - Conceptual Questions - Page 133: 12

Answer

Force = Mass * acceleration. Since the ball is accelerating, it has a force. So if football players do not have "soft hands", the ball will hit the hand, and the hand will send the ball back with the same force. To avoid this, football players have "soft hands" to make the force from the ball to the hand and the hand back to the ball almost equal 0.

Work Step by Step

Force = Mass * acceleration. Since the ball is accelerating, it has a force. So if football players do not have "soft hands", the ball will hit the hand, and the hand will send the ball back with the same force. To avoid this, football players have "soft hands" to make the force from the ball to the hand and the hand back to the ball almost equal 0.
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