A tennis ball moving south at 2.0 m/s collides with a stationary bowling ball. The tennis ball bounces back to the north, and the bowling ball moves very slowly to the south. The ball that experiences the greater magnitude impulse is
A) the tennis ball.
B) the bowling ball.
C) Both the tennis and bowling balls experience the same magnitude impulse.
D) Both the tennis and bowling balls experience zero impulse.
E) More information is needed to work out the answer.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

According to Newton's third law of motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This means that the magnitude of the impulse experienced by the tennis ball is equal to the magnitude of the impulse experienced by the bowling ball, even though their masses and the resulting accelerations are different.

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