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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 mass and acceleration of each person
the mass and acceleration of each person
the location of the collision
the location of the collision
the speed of each person
the speed of each person
the velocity of each person
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the mass and acceleration of each person
Reason: Newton's 2nd law F = ma. The contact force on a person equals their mass times their acceleration during the collision (which comes from the change in velocity over the short collision time). Speed, velocity or location alone are not enough unless they allow you to compute the acceleration.
Reason: Newton's 2nd law F = ma. The contact force on a person equals their mass times their acceleration during the collision (which comes from the change in velocity over the short collision time). Speed, velocity or location alone are not enough unless they allow you to compute the acceleration.
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