Question

A musician hits a drum with a drumstick. In three to five sentences, explain the collision forces between the drum and drumstick based on Newton’s third law of motion and how these forces could be represented with a diagram.(4 points)

Answer 1

When a musician hits a drum with a drumstick, the force exerted by the drumstick on the drum creates an equal and opposite force exerted by the drum on the drumstick, as described by Newton's third law of motion. This means that for every action, there is a reaction of equal magnitude but in the opposite direction. In a diagram, this can be represented by arrows indicating the direction of the force from the drumstick to the drum and an arrow of equal length but pointing in the opposite direction representing the force from the drum back to the drumstick. The two forces together illustrate the interaction between the two objects during the collision.