A golf ball has a mass of 46 grams, and when struck by a driver reaches a speed of 42 m/s in a time of 0.00050 seconds. what was the impulse, in n s, generated by the golf club?

Impulse in physics is the integral of force, F, with respect with time, t. This value is a vector quantity since force is a vector quantity as well. It can be calculated from the product of force and time. We do as follows:

Impulse = Ft

= m (a) (t)

= m (v/t) t

= 0.046 (42/0.0005) (0.0005)

= 1.932 N-s