(a) what can be said if the force experienced by the insect as compared to the force experienced by the car? (b) What about the change in acceleration of the insect versus the car?
6. If an insect splatters onto the windshield of your car while driving down the highway, (a) what can be said if the force experienced by the insect as compared to the force experienced by the car? (b) What about the change in acceleration of the insect versus the car?
(a) In this case for comparing the force of insect and force experienced by car we can use the concept of Newton's third law i.e, " the action and reaction force are equal and act in opposite direction. so, here both the insect and the windshield of the car will experience same force and the forces will act in opposite direction. However due to the tiny mass of insect as compared to mass of car, the body of insect will splatter while the car will withstand the impact which will create an illusion that the windshield exert a grater force on bug.
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