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A car weighing 2000 pounds and moving 20 miles per hour collides with a moving truck weighing 5000 pounds and moving 2 miles per hour. Upon collision, the car's velocity goes from 20 mph to 0 mph, the front of the car is crushed in, and the truck is knocked back several feet.

Discuss how each of Newton's three laws of motion plays a role in explaining the physics of the accident.



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How Newton's Three Laws of Motion apply to a car-truck collision and explain the physics of the accident.


Explanation:

Newton's Three Laws of Motion in the Car-Truck Collision:

  1. First Law (Law of Inertia): The car's initial velocity remains constant until impacted by an external force - the truck's collision force.
  2. Second Law (Law of Acceleration): The impact causes the car to decelerate rapidly, transferring momentum to the truck, making it move backward.
  3. Third Law (Action-Reaction): The forces between the car and truck are equal and opposite, resulting in the observed motion changes.

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