In a bat and ball collision, is momentum conserved, why or why not?

Subject: In a bat and ball collision, is momentum conserved, why or why not?

Date: Wed May 26 22:43:45 1999
Posted by Juli Chikaraishi
Grade level: 10-12 School: Glenbrook South High School
City: Glenview State/Province: Illinois Country: U.S.
Area of science: Physics
ID: 927776625.Ph

Message:


My group and I have extensively studied the law of conservation 
of momentum relating to the bat and ball collision, but have run 
into some difficulty.  We have found out that, when using 
theoretical data (such as mass and velocity), momentum is 
conserved, however this doesn't hold true for data which is not 
theoretical (that we calculated ourselves).  Why is this error 
occuring?

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