Besides differences in the masses and velocities of the bat and baseball, a hit baseball is an example of an elastic collision (mostly) while two golf carts colliding (in the example being discussed they have the same mass and velocity) is an example of an inelastic collision (mostly). There are plenty of websites that will discuss this topic.
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Originally Posted by Tom53
Not to dispute either side, but if the impact force of 2 objects colliding is the same as the speed of each object, not the total of each, how does bat speed impact a hit baseball? Is there a different physical theory involved?
Not teasing, just not sure!
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