4.A large truck collides head-on with a small compact car. During the collision1. the truck exerts a greater amount of force on the car than the car exerts onthe truck.2. the car exerts a greater amount of force on the truck than the truck exertson the car.3. neither exerts a force on the other, the car gets smashed simply because itgets in the way of the truck.4. the truck exerts a force on the car but the car does not exert a force on thetruck.5. the truck exerts the same amount of force on the car as the car exerts onthe truck.

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A large truck collides head-on with a small compact car. During the collision
1. the truck exerts a greater amount of force on the car than the car exerts on
the truck.
2. the car exerts a greater amount of force on the truck than the truck exerts
on the car.
3. neither exerts a force on the other, the car gets smashed simply because it
gets in the way of the truck.
4. the truck exerts a force on the car but the car does not exert a force on the
truck.
5. the truck exerts the same amount of force on the car as the car exerts on
the truck.

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We know from the Newton's third law that "To every action there is equal and opposite reaction". So we can easily say that option 5 is the correct answer.

Here action is the force that truck exerts on the car and reaction is the force that car exerts on the truck.

Therefore during the collision time, it can be said that the small compact car exerts the same amount of force as the large truck exerts on the small compact car in order to satisfy the Newton's third law.

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