In a severe head-on collision of an automobile, a deceleration of 60g’s or more (1 g = 32.2 ft/s2) often results in a fatality. What force, in lbf, acts on a child whose mass is 45lbwhen subjected to a deceleration of 55g’s?

In a severe head-on collision of an automobile, a deceleration of 60g’s or more (1 g = 32.2 ft/s2) often results in a fatality. What force, in lbf, acts on a child whose mass is 45lbwhen subjected to a deceleration of 55g’s?

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