A 458-gram ball is traveling horizontally at 10.8 m/s to the left when it is suddenly struck horizontally by a bat, causing it to reverse direction and to travel at 9.7 m/s to the right. If the bat produced an average force of 1,201 N on the ball, for how long was it in contact with the ball?

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A 458-gram ball is traveling horizontally at 10.8 m/s to the left when it is suddenly struck horizontally by a bat, causing it to reverse direction and to travel at 9.7 m/s to the right. If the bat produced an average force of 1,201 N on the ball, for how long was it in contact with the ball? 

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