A very heavy SUV collides head-on with a very light compact car. Which of these statements about

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A very heavy SUV collides head-on with a very light compact car. Which of these statements about the collision are correct?

(a) The amount of kinetic energy lost by the SUV is equal to the amount of kinetic energy gained by the compact;

(b) The amount of momentum lost by the SUV is equal to the amount of momentum gained by the compact;

(c) The compact feels a considerably greater force during the collision than the SUV does;

(d) Both cars lose the same amount of kinetic energy.

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University Physics with Modern Physics

ISBN: 978-0133977981

14th edition

Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman

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