Question

1. Imagine the head-on collision of a heavy truck and a lightweight passenger car. During the
collision it holds true that
(a) The force exerted on the passenger car by the truck is larger than the force exerted on
the truck by the passenger car.
(b) The force exerted on the truck by the passenger car is larger than the force exerted on
the passenger car by the truck.
(c) Neither of the vehicles will exert a force on another but the passenger car gets crushed
only because it just appears on the path of the truck.
(d) The only force acting during the collision is the force exerted by th

Answer 1

(d) The only force acting during the collision is the force exerted by the truck.
(e) The force exerted on the passenger car by the truck is equal in magnitude with the
force exerted on the truck by the passenger car.

Answer 2

What does Newton's Third Law say?

Answer 3

Yes Newtons 3rd law: the force exerted on the passenger car by the truck is equal in magnitude to the force exerted by the truck on the passenger car, but these forces act in opposite direction.
Force A=Force B where force A is force of truck on the car and force B is Force of the passenger car on the truck, antagonistic pair of forces

please note: the size of the car and its initial velocity determine the acceleration it is given by the resultant force. therefore smaller the passenger car, the larger the acceleration it is given by the truck from equation\[Force(resultant)=mass*acceleration\]