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impact force question
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| I cannot get this question to reason out, so if you can help, please do so!! Two cars of equal but unknown mass are going 804.5 m/s (30 mph) each and collide. Is it possible to find the impact force, and if so, how? |
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Re: impact force question
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on 2006-07-18 19:54:31 |
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Force = Mass * Acceleration Force = Mass * Change in Velocity Over Time Force = Mass * (Twice the Speed of Car 1) / (Duration of Collision) Force = ???? * (30 mph) / (????) No, we cannot calculate the Force. 
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Re: impact force question
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on 2006-07-19 11:21:22 |
I don't think 30 miles per hour is the same as 804.5 meters per second.  |
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Thanks!! I guess the teacher mixed a couple of terms. I wonder what he wants for an answer, then... EDIT: (The conversion I did quickly, so I probably messed up somewhere. Thanks for the note!) |