Newton's Second Law |
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  In the photos above, baseball players are using their mass times their acceleration to get the force intended. |
In Newton's second law, it states that Force=Mass*Acceleration. This is a very good way of stating the fine line between the baseball and softball. An example is when a softball and a baseball are thrown with the same amount of force; the baseball will go much faster. The reason behind this is that the softball is lighter than the baseball. The weight of the baseball allows it to have much more velocity than the softball. Another example is when a runner who weighs 130lbs is sprinting towards a base and runs into a stationary baseman who weighs 150lbs, the runner would have more force than the baseman because of his/her mass times his/her acceleration. |
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