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Two identical cars collide head on. Each car is traveling at 100 km/h. The impact force on each car is the same as hitting a solid wall at?

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200mph

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double it due to them both hitting

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Answer:

When two identical cars collide head-on and both are traveling at the same speed, the impact force on each car is the same as hitting a solid wall at twice the speed of the car.

Therefore, in this scenario, the impact force on each car is the same as hitting a solid wall at 200 km/h.

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