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It gets better. Thanks.
Energy absorbed by car equals its kinetic energy (assuming head-on collision and that both cars stop after), so work done by average force on the car is
[itex]F_{aver}d = -\frac{1}{2}mv^2[/itex]
where d is the deformation of the car.
From 2nd Newton's law the average force is equal to
[itex]F_{aver} = m\frac{\Delta v}{\Delta t}[/itex]
Are these 2 average forces the same?
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