Question
A fast-moving massive car has a head-on collision with a slow-moving light car. Upon which is the impulse greater?
A) The massive car.
B) The light car.
C) Impulse is the same on both.
D) More information is needed to correctly answer this.
A) The massive car.
B) The light car.
C) Impulse is the same on both.
D) More information is needed to correctly answer this.
Answers
Damon
Force is equal and opposite (Newton #3)
time the same
so
magnitude of momentum change the same.
time the same
so
magnitude of momentum change the same.