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Two cars of unequal mass moving at the same speed collide head-on. Explain why a passenger in the smaller mass car is more likely to be injured than one in the the larger mass car.

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Try this option (shortly):

According to the 'law of consevation of pulse' the passenger in the smaller car receives greater energy then the one in the larger car.

Almost all the received energy is spent to injure the passenger in the smaller car. :(

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