A baseball catcher is performing a stunt for a television commercial. He will catch a baseball with mass mm = 161 g, dropped from rest at a height yy=73.8 m above his glove. The glove brings the ball to a complete stop in time telove=0.015 seconds after the ball hits the glove.

Part (a). Use your understanding of kinematic equations to write a formula for the time that the ball is falling before it hits the glove, tfight. Use variables from the problem statement alongside gg for the acceleration due to gravity to write your equation.

Part (b). What is the amount of time tight in seconds the ball takes to hit the glove after it is dropped?

Part (c). Write an equation for the speed of the ball va just before it hits the glove. Use gg for the acceleration due to gravity and tilight for the time it takes for the ball to hit the glove after it is dropped.

Part (d). Find the speed of the ball vg in meters per second at the moment it first touches the glove.

Part (s). Considering the amount of time tglove it took for the glove to stop the ball, find the magnitude of the net force on the ball in newtons while it is in the glove.

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