A car traveling at 50 km/h hits a bridge abutment. A passenger in the car moves forward a distance of 78 cm (with respect to the road) while being brought to rest by an inflated air bag. What magnitude of force (assumed constant) acts on the passenger's upper torso, which has a mass of 43 kg?

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A car traveling at 50 km/h hits a bridge abutment. A passenger in the car moves forward a distance of 78 cm (with respect to the road)
while being brought to rest by an inflated air bag. What magnitude of force (assumed constant) acts on the passenger's upper torso,
which has a mass of 43 kg?
Number
Units
N
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Transcribed Image Text:A car traveling at 50 km/h hits a bridge abutment. A passenger in the car moves forward a distance of 78 cm (with respect to the road) while being brought to rest by an inflated air bag. What magnitude of force (assumed constant) acts on the passenger's upper torso, which has a mass of 43 kg? Number Units N ◄►
Three astronauts, propelled by jet backpacks, push and guide a 129 kg asteroid toward a processing dock, exerting the forces shown in
the figure, with F₁ = 35.0 N, F₂ = 53.0 N, F3 = 40.0 N, 0₁ = 30.0°, and 03 = 60.0°. What is the (a) magnitude and (b) angle (measured
relative to the positive direction of the x-axis in the range of (-180°, 180°]) of the asteroid's acceleration?
(a) Number
(b) Number
Units
Units
F3
F₂
X
Transcribed Image Text:Three astronauts, propelled by jet backpacks, push and guide a 129 kg asteroid toward a processing dock, exerting the forces shown in the figure, with F₁ = 35.0 N, F₂ = 53.0 N, F3 = 40.0 N, 0₁ = 30.0°, and 03 = 60.0°. What is the (a) magnitude and (b) angle (measured relative to the positive direction of the x-axis in the range of (-180°, 180°]) of the asteroid's acceleration? (a) Number (b) Number Units Units F3 F₂ X
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v =50km/h=13.889m/s

S=78cm=0.78m

m=43kg

We need to find

Force act on the passenger and its acceleration

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