1400 kg 20 m/s
Forces
A
1400 kg
20 m/s
B
9999
A999
1600 kg
20 m/s
1800 kg
16 m/s
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Which car has the greatest momentum? What is its momentum?
2. Of the cars that strike the Fitch Barriers, which will penetrate the least
distance? Explain your answer.
3. Compare the forces exerted by the wall and the Fitch Barriers on Cars A
and B and describe differences, if any, about how those forces are applied.
4. Write a comparison of the effects of a crash on people in Cars A and B.
Explain the causes of the differences of the effects.