In severe head-on automobile accidents, a deceleration of

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In severe head-on automobile accidents, a deceleration of 60 g’s or more (1 g = 32.2 ft/\(s^{2}\)) often results in a fatality. What force, in lbf, acts on a child whose mass is 50 lb, when subjected to a deceleration of 60 g’s?

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QUESTION:

In severe head-on automobile accidents, a deceleration of 60 g’s or more (1 g = 32.2 ft/\(s^{2}\)) often results in a fatality. What force, in lbf, acts on a child whose mass is 50 lb, when subjected to a deceleration of 60 g’s?

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Given data,

Acceleration is

Mass is

Acceleration due to gravity is

                                                       

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