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| Two students are running to make it to class. They turn a corner and collide; coming to a complete stop. What force did they exert on each other. | Two students are running to make it to class. They turn a corner and collide; coming to a complete stop. What force did they exert on each other. | ||
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| 0.0255m/s+0m/s2=0.01s | 0.0255m/s+0m/s2=0.01s | ||
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| + | Having solved for Δt fill this value and the known value for mass and the approximated value for velocity into the equation that we arranged earlier to find Fx,coll | ||
| Fx,coll=−MVixΔt=−(68kg)(5m/s)0.01s | Fx,coll=−MVixΔt=−(68kg)(5m/s)0.01s | ||