A wooden baseball bat and an aluminum bat have the exact same shape, size and mass. Aluminum is much denser than wood. Explain how the two bats could be the same size and mass.
how could they be the same if they have a different density?
thank you
2006-09-14 03:55:05 · 6 answers · asked by hannah 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Because the aluminum bat is hollow.
2006-09-14 03:58:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is that they don't have the same density. Aluminum bats are hollow. This also explains why an aluminum bat is able to send a ball further than its comparable wooden bat. The flexing of the aluminum acts as a spring, compressing and releasing extra energy into the ball at the point of strike.
2006-09-14 04:01:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A wooden bat is solid.
An aluminum bat is hollow inside.
So, the aluminum bat has much less physical material (volume) in the bat.
2006-09-14 03:58:22 · answer #3 · answered by Chip R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way this is possible,is to have aluminium bat have a hollow structure such that mass of al bat equals that of wooden bat shape and size of both being same.
2006-09-14 04:00:25 · answer #4 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The aluminum bat is not solid; just enough empty space is left in the interior of the bat so that the overall density of the bats are equal.
2006-09-14 03:59:16 · answer #5 · answered by bruinfan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
since they do have different densities, then the aluminum bat is hollow while that of the wooden bat is solid
2006-09-14 05:18:09 · answer #6 · answered by teroy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋