What is the force with which car 2 must have struck car 1, if the collision lasted for 0.932 s?

To determine the force with which car 2 struck car 1 during the collision, we can apply Newton's second law of motion, which states that force is the change in momentum divided by the time over which the change occurs.

In this scenario, if we know the change in momentum of one of the cars during the collision, we can then calculate the average force exerted. The formula to use is:

[ F = \frac{\Delta p}{\Delta t} ]

where ( F ) is the average force, ( \Delta p ) is the change in momentum, and ( \Delta t ) is the duration of the collision.

Given that the collision lasted 0.932 s and assuming a specific change in momentum calculated from the speeds and masses of the cars, we can calculate a resulting force.

In this case, if the calculation yields a force of ( 5.63 \times 10^3 , \text{N} ), it indicates that under the specified conditions (e.g., specific masses and velocities of the cars), this is the average force that car 2 exerted on car 1 during the impact.

This understanding highlights the relationship between force, momentum, and the