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# A tennis player receives a shot with the ball (\( 0.0600 \) \( \text{kg} \)) traveling horizontally at \( 50.0 \) \( \text{m/s} \) and returns the shot with the ball traveling horizontally at \( 40.0 \) \( \text{m/s} \) in the opposite direction.

A tennis player receives a shot with the ball (\( 0.0600 \) \( \text{kg} \)) traveling horizontally at \( 50.0 \) \( \text{m/s} \) and returns the shot with the ball traveling horizontally at \( 40.0 \) \( \text{m/s} \) in the opposite direction.

**Part a)** What is the impulse delivered to the ball by the tennis racquet? *(3 points)*

**Part b)** What work does the racquet do on the ball? *(3 points)*


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