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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 7 Problem 18P

Question

(II) You are the design engineer in charge of the crashworthiness of new automobile models. Cars are tested by smashing them into fixed, massive barriers at 50 km/h (30mph). A new model of mass 1500 kg takes 0.15 s from the time of impact until it is brought to rest. (a) Calculate the average force exerted on the car by the barrier. (b) Calculate the average deceleration of the car.

Solution

Step 1 of 3

a)

The average force can be calculated as,

                                                                   

For  in equation (1),

                                                               

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 6 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780130606204

Answer: You are the design engineer in charge of the

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