A 1,400 kg compact car rear-ends a 2,000 kg truck. Which vehicle experiences the larger momentum change from the collision? Question 8 options: The large truck has the larger momentum change. The small car has the larger momentum change. They both have the same nonzero momentum change. Neither vehicle experiences a momentum change.

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A 1,400 kg compact car rear-ends a 2,000 kg truck. Which vehicle experiences the larger momentum change from the collision? Question 8 options: The large truck has the larger momentum change. The small car has the larger momentum change. They both have the same nonzero momentum change. Neither vehicle experiences a momentum change.
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Mass of the car is mc=1400 kg

Mass of the truck is mt=2000 kg

 

We have to find which vehicle experiences larger change in momentum in the collision.

 

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