Jenny and Betty are having a great time at Busch Gardens riding the Ubanga Banga bumper cars. Jenny, who is traveling southward in her bumper car, aims her car toward Betty, who is traveling northward in her bumper car. The cars collide and briefly come to a stop.

What can you say about the magnitude of the force that Jenny's car exerts on Betty's car versus the magnitude of the force that Betty's car exerts on Jennifer's car?

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Jenny and Betty are having a great time at Busch Gardens riding the Ubanga Banga bumper cars. Jenny, who is traveling southward in her bumper car, aims her car toward Betty, who is traveling northward in her bumper car. The cars collide and briefly come to a stop. 

What can you say about the magnitude of the force that Jenny's car exerts on Betty's car versus the magnitude of the force that Betty's car exerts on Jennifer's car?

anonymous · Answer

Newton says they are equal and in opposite directions.

savannah_noelle · Answer

so they will have the same magnitude?

anonymous · Answer

yes, but opposite in sign

savannah_noelle · Answer

So all I can say to answer this question is "The force of the magnitude on the cars are the same, or equal to one another." and does this mean that they will have the same acceleration?

anonymous · Answer

The fact that they came to a stop from the same speeds and masses and forces indicates they had the same accelerationn, which was negative for each.