A baseball with a mass of m = 0.145 kg moves with a initial velocity of 40 m/s towards a batter on home plate. The batter swings a bat of mass M = 1 kg and length L = 1 m through an angle of 90 degrees in 0.04s, stricking the ball head-on near the then end of the bat.
a) What is the relative velocity of the end of the bat with respect to the baseball the instant before the two collide? Treat the angular velocity of the bat as constant during the swing.
b) Experts estimate that the furtherse a baseball can be struck by a human is roughly 145 m. Assume the velocity of the struck ball makes and angle of 45 degrees above the horizontal and starts 1.5m above the ground. What is the speed of the ball just after it is struck?