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A tennis ball bouncing on a hard surface compresses and then rebounds. The details of the rebound are specified in tennis regulations. Tennis balls, to be acceptable for tournament play, must have a mass of 57.5 g. When dropped from a height of 2.5 m onto a concrete surface, a ball must rebound to a height of 1.4 m. During impact, the ball compresses by approximately 6 mm.
82. If the ball accelerates uniformly when it hits the floor, what is its approximate acceleration as it comes to rest before rebounding?
A. 1000 m/s2
B. 2000 m/s2
C. 3000 m/s2
D. 4000 m/s2
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