A car traveling at a speed of 18 m/s (approximately 40 MPH) crashes into a solid concrete
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Question:
A car traveling at a speed of 18 m/s (approximately 40 MPH)
crashes into a solid concrete wall. The driver has a mass of
90 kg.
a. What is the change in momentum of the driver as he
comes to a stop?
b. What impulse is required in order to produce this change
in momentum?
c. How does the application and magnitude of this force
differ in two cases: the first, in which the driver is wearing
a seat belt, and the second, in which he is not wearing
a seat belt and is stopped instead by contact with the
windshield and steering column? Will the time of action
of the stopping force change?
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