A man claims he can safely hold on to a 12.80 kg child in a head-on collision with a relative speed of 133. mi/h lasting for 0.100 s as long as he has his seat belt on.

(a) Find the magnitude of the average force needed to hold onto the child.

1 answer

133 mi/h=59.5 m/s
F=m•Δv/Δt=12.8•59.5/0.1=7616 N