Question

Jenny and Betty are having a great time at Busch Gardens riding the Ubanga Banga bumper cars. Jenny, who is traveling southward in her bumper car, aims her car toward Betty, who is traveling northward in her bumper car. The cars collide and briefly come to a stop. What is the direction of the force exerted on Jenny's car during the collision?

Answer 1

Jenny's car recieves force from northward

Answer 2

The correct answer is going northwards.

Step-by-step explanation:

Jenny's car is heading south, so the force she's experiencing is directed south. For this force to be neutralized, causing the car to stop, it has to experience a force of equal magnitude and opposite direction. In this way we can deduce that the force that your car experiences has a northwards direction.

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