If a cricket ball hits you, it will hurt much more than a tennis ball would when moving with the same velocity because:

a cricket ball is bigger

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a cricket ball has more mass

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a cricket ball has less density

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none of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B a cricket ball has more mass
Impulse "Ft" is defined as change in momentum.
The ball with more momentum will hurt more. Here, cricket ball will hurt more as it has more momentum (mv) than tennis ball.
This is because cricket ball has more mass and same velocity as that of tennis ball.
So option B is correct.

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