Question

State whether true or false.

A tennis ball and an iron ball are thrown towards us with the same velocity. Then, the tennis ball is harder to catch as compared to an iron ball.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

When the tennis ball and the iron ball are thrown with the same velocity, the iron ball will have more momentum as it has more mass.

We know that, $\text{Force}=\text{Rate of change of momentum}$

When the balls are caught there momentum will be zero.

Since the iron ball has more momentum, it will exert more force on the hands-on catching. So, it is difficult to catch the iron ball.