Question

During an automobile crash test, the average force exerted by a solid wall on a 1,700 kg car that hits the wall is measured to be 170,000 N over a 0.14 s time interval. What was the initial speed of the car (in m/s) prior to the collision, assuming the car is at rest at the end of the time interval

Answer 1

14 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Step One:

Given data:

mass of automobile m= 1700kg

Force F= 170,000 N

time t= 0.14s

v= ??

Required

The velocity of the car

Step two:

From the expression given below, we can find the velocity

Ft= mv

make v subject of the formula

v= Ft/m

v= 170000*0.14/1700

v=23800/1700

v=14 m/s