A baseball approaches home plate at a speed of 46.0 m/s, moving horizontally just before being hit by a bat. The batter hits a

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A baseball approaches home plate at a speed of 46.0 m/s, moving horizontally just before being hit by a bat. The batter hits a pop-up such
that after hitting the bat, the baseball is moving at 60.0 m/s straight up. The ball has a mass of 145 g and is in contact with the bat for
1.60 ms. What is the average vector force the ball exerts on the bat during their interaction? (Let the +x-direction be in the initial direction of
motion, and the +y-direction be up.)
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