In the game of golf a stationary ball is hit by a club. One of the aims of the game is to land the ball on a patch of ground called the green.
The graph shows how the force F exerted by the club on the ball varies with time t as the ball is hit.
State why the area under the graph represents impulse.
mass of ball = 0.046 kg
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Deduce whether, if air resistance is ignored, the ball could land on the green after a flight time of 3.5 s.
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