Homework Help: physics

Posted by Cindy on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 9:47pm.

Initially a small car and a truck are at rest then the car starts pushing a dead battery truck and they both accelerate. Which of the following statement is true?

a)The car exerts a larger force on the truck than the truck exerts on the car.

b) The car exerts the same amount of force on the truck as the truck exerts on the car.

c) The truck exerts a larger force on the car than the car exerts on the truck.

physics - bobpursley, Friday, November 4, 2011 at 10:46pm
b. If you put compression spring in between the cars, the force on each end is the same...

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