The Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9780073513904
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Is there an advantage to following through when hitting a baseball with a bat, thereby maintaining a longer contact between the bat and the ball? Explain.
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