Question

In the photo, a locomotive has broken through the wall of a train station. During the collision, what can be said about the force exerted by the locomotive on the wall?

Answer 1

Whether the force exerted by the locomotive on the wall was larger

Than the force the locomotive could exert on the wall.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Newton's third law of motion States that every force have it's equal and opposite reaction force, whose magnitude is the same as the applied force. Therefore the magnitude of these opposite forces will be equal.

So we have;

F12=-F21

F12 is the force in a direction

-F21 is the force in the opposite direction.

Therefore we see that the magnitude of the force the locomotive exerts on the wall is equal to the one the wall exerts on the locomotive. Both magnitudes are equal but in opposite directions.