A cricket player draws his hands backwards through 10 cm while catching a ball of mass 150 g moving with a velocity of 25 `,ms^(-1)` . Calculate the work done in catching the ball and the average force exerted by the ball on the hand .

Explanation

To solve the problem of calculating the work done in catching the ball and the average force exerted by the ball on the player's hand, we can follow these steps:

### Step 1: Understand the Given Data
- Mass of the ball (m) = 150 g = 0.150 kg (since 1 g = 0.001 kg)
- Initial velocity of the ball (u) = 25 m/s
- Final velocity of the ball (v) = 0 m/s (the ball comes to rest)
- Distance over which the hands move backward (s) = 10 cm = 0.10 m (since 1 cm = 0.01 m)

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