A truck collides head-on with a car. Fortunately nobody gets hurt. Suppose the mass of the car is 1000 kg, the mass of the truck is 2500 kg, and the magnitude of the truck's acceleration is 5.0m/s². a) Find the magnitude of the car's acceleration. b) What physical law(s) did you apply in the above calculation? () What assumptions did vou make?

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A truck collides head-on with a car. Fortunately nobody gets hurt. Suppose the mass of the
car is 1000 kg, the mass of the truck is 2500 kg, and the magnitude of the truck's acceleration
is 5.0m/s².
(a) Find the magnitude of the car's acceleration.
(b) What physical law(s) did you apply in the above calculation?
(c) What assumptions did you make?
Transcribed Image Text:A truck collides head-on with a car. Fortunately nobody gets hurt. Suppose the mass of the car is 1000 kg, the mass of the truck is 2500 kg, and the magnitude of the truck's acceleration is 5.0m/s². (a) Find the magnitude of the car's acceleration. (b) What physical law(s) did you apply in the above calculation? (c) What assumptions did you make?
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We will use newton's laws of motion to determine the magnitude of acceleration on the car. We will then mention the specific laws we will be using and the specific assumptions for this analysis to be correct.

 

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