(a) When a large car collides with a small car, which one undergoes the greater change in...

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(a) When a large car collides with a small car, which one undergoes the greater change in momentum: the large one or the small one? Or is it the same for both?

(b) In light of your answer to part (a), why are the occupants of the small car more likely to be hurt than those of the large car, assuming that both cars are equally sturdy?

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University Physics with Modern Physics

ISBN: 978-0321696861

13th edition

Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman, A. Lewis Ford

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