It's not so much a "contradiction" as an approximation. Newton's law of gravitation is an inverse square law whose range is large. It keeps people on the ground, and it keeps satellites in orbit and that's some thousands of km. The force on someone on the ground - their weight - is probably a lot larger than the centripetal force keeping a satellite in orbit (though I've not actually done a calculation to totally verify this). The distance a falling body - a coin, say - travels is very small, and over such a small distance gravity is assumed/approximated to be constant.
Answer:
d = 1.19 m
Explanation:
Given that,
The force applied by the ball, F = 39.6 N
The work done on the catchers glove is 47.5 J
We need to find the distance traveled by the ball. We know that,
Work done, W = Fd
Where
d is the distance traveled
So, it will cover 1.19 m.
