A 60-kg front-seat passenger in a car moving initially with a speed of 18 m/s (40 MPH)
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A 60-kg front-seat passenger in a car moving initially with a speed of 18 m/s (40 MPH) is brought to rest by an airbag in a time of 0.4 s.
a. What is the impulse acting on the passenger?
b. What is the average force acting on the passenger in this process?
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a Initial momentum of a passenger of mass m moving with speed v is p mv Substitute 6...View the full answer
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Physics of Everyday Phenomena A conceptual Introduction to physics
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