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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Calculate the impulse imparted when a 3,000-kg car hits a wall at 60. m/s and comes to a stop.

OpenStudy (frostbite):

Now If I'm not totally wrong impulse should be the same as the change in momentum and when the car come to a stop the momentum most equal 0, so we should be able to calculate it using the equation of momentum: \[J=\Delta p=p_{before}-p _{after}\] Where: \[p=mv\]

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