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Another unfortunate bug splatters on the windshield of a moving car. Which has the greater change in momentum---the bug or the car?
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Another unfortunate bug splatters on the windshield of a moving car. Which has the greater change in momentum---the bug or the car?

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The change in momentum for the bug and the car will be equal, impulses will be equal in opposite directions and the bug will have a greater acceleration compared to the car, because it has a smaller mass.

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