Question

1400 kg car with 220 kg of passengers and cargo is moving at 48 m/s. Suddenly, the driver applies the brakes and the car skids to a stop. What happens to the momentum that the car (and its contents) had before braking?
a) We need to know the time frame in which the forces of the brakes was applied.
GPT 3.5
b) The momentum of the car (and its contents) is zero after braking.

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