Asked by vccccc

Bumper cars at an amusement park are designed to safely collide with one another. Why does a bumper car stop moving when it strikes another car?(1 point)

The other car pushes back on it, so it cannot move forward.

The other cars are tightly packed, so forward motion is not possible.

Its energy is transferred to its surroundings.

Its energy is transferred to the other car.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Its energy is transferred to the other car.

When the cars collide, kinetic energy and momentum are transferred to the other car (and some is also lost as heat, sound, and deformation), so the struck car can stop.