Can anyone explain the following question 4 c) to me? How do we know that the system is the ball and the plate? Why not just the ball?
http://theallpapers.com/papers/CIE/AS_and_ALevel/Physics (9702)/9702_s04_qp_2.pdf
http://theallpapers.com/papers/CIE/AS_and_ALevel/Physics (9702)/9702_s04_qp_2.pdf