Question

1. a baseball player bats a ball with a force of 1,000 n. the ball exerts a reaction force (without any additional forces action on it) against the bat of.. why?

Explanation:

Step1: Recall Newton's third - law

Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Step2: Analyze the bat - ball interaction

The bat exerts a force on the ball. According to Newton's third law, the ball exerts an equal and opposite force on the bat.

Answer:

1,000 N. This is because of Newton's third law of motion which states that when object A exerts a force on object B, object B exerts an equal and opposite force on object A. Here, the bat (object A) exerts a 1,000 N force on the ball (object B), so the ball exerts a 1,000 N force on the bat.