A 65kg person traveling at 29m/s (65mph) collides head on with a jersey barrier.  How much force in Newtons is experienced by the driver if they hit the airbag for 1s?

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A 65kg person traveling at 29m/s (65mph) collides head on with a jersey barrier.  How much force in Newtons is experienced by the driver if they hit the airbag for 1s?

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mass of person m=65kg

speed of person u=29m/s

after colliding with bat person comes to rest so final velocity v=0

time duration in which pesrson interact with airbag and comes to rest t=1s

accelration of person a=v-ut=-29m/s2

here negative sign shows the acceleration in opposite direction of initial velocity.

we know F=ma

F=-1885N

again negative sign shows that force is experienced in opposite direction of motion.

 

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