Peter throws a snowball at his car parked in the driveway. The snowball disintegrates as it hits the car. By Newton’s third law, you know that both the car and the snowball exert a force on each other. What can you say about the magnitude of the forces exerted by the snowball and the car?
By Newton's third law, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In this scenario, when Peter throws a snowball at his car, the snowball exerts a force on the car, and the car exerts an equal and opposite force on the snowball.
Since the snowball disintegrates upon hitting the car, we can infer that the force exerted by the car on the snowball is greater in magnitude than the force exerted by the snowball on the car. This is because the force of the car not only stops the snowball but also breaks it apart.
To determine the exact magnitude of the forces, we would need additional information such as the mass and speed of the snowball, as well as the mass of the car. Without this information, we cannot make precise calculations.