Two people collide on a busy city street. What information is needed to calculate the force one of the people exerts on the other person?(1 point)

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the velocity of each person
the velocity of each person

the mass and acceleration of each person
the mass and acceleration of each person

the speed of each person
the speed of each person

the location of the collision

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To calculate the force one person exerts on the other during a collision, the necessary information is:

the mass and acceleration of each person

This is because force can be calculated using Newton's second law, \( F = ma \), where \( F \) is the force, \( m \) is the mass, and \( a \) is the acceleration.