A football player is moving southward and suddenly turns eastward with the same speed to avoid an opponent. The force that acts on the player while…

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A football player is moving southward and suddenly turns eastward with the same speed to avoid an opponent. The force that acts on the player while turning is :

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Correct answer: (D) along north-east. Let the speed of the football player be, v. Then, we can write v→_i=v-j^ and v→_f=vi^. We can write force as, F→=ma→=m(v→_f-v→_i)/t=mv/ti^+j^ Clearly, the direction of the force acting will be towards north-east.

A football player is moving southward and suddenly turns eastward with the same speed to avoid an opponent. The force that acts on the player while turning is :

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