Atennis ball with a speed of 24.4 m/s is moving perpendicular to a wall. after striking the wall, the ball rebounds in the opposite direction with a speed of 19.7884 m/s. if the ball is in contact with the wall for 0.0145 s, what is the average acceleration of the ball while it is in contact with the wall? take "toward the wall" to be the positive direction. answer in units of m/s² .

A23 kg log of wood begins from rest, 300 m up a sluice (a water track used to transport logs, think of it as an inclined plane with negligible friction) inclined at 20° to the horizontal. after it reaches the flat waterway at the bottom it collides elastically with a 100 kg block of wood initially at rest near the base of the incline. (a) how long does it take the 23 kg log to travel down the incline? (b) what is the speed of the 23 kg log at the bottom of the incline? (c) what are the velocities of both blocks of wood after the collision? (d) what is the total kinetic energy before the collision? (e) what is the kinetic energy of the 23 kg log after the collision? (f) what is the kinetic energy of the 100 kg block of wood after the collision? (g) what is the total kinetic energy after the collision? (h) compare the total initial and total final kinetic energies. is this consistent with what you would expect for elastic collisions? explain!

Which safety measures should you follow during a thunderstorm? check all that apply. (a) avoid touching anything that conducts electricity. (b) avoid touching a person who has been struck by lightning. (c) go outside. (d) keep your computer turned off. (e) stay out of water. (f) stay inside.

Unpolarized light of intensity i_0=750w/m^2 is incident upon two polarizers. after passing through both polarizers the intensity is i_2=280w/m^2. (a) what is the intensity of the light after it passes through the first polarizer in w/m^2? (b) write an equation for the angle between the polarizers in terms of the initial (i_0) and final (i_2) intensities. (c) find the angle between the polarizers in degrees.