A car carrying a 75-kg test dummy crashes into a wall at 25m/s and is brought to rest in 0.1s. Show that the average force exerted by the seat belt on the dummy is 18,750N?

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A car carrying a 75-kg test dummy crashes into a wall at 25m/s and is brought to rest in 0.1s. Show that the average force exerted by the seat belt on the dummy is 18,750N?

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