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Old Nov15-09, 12:31 AM                  #1
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A car crashing... Force help?

Information that I have so far is that the toy car is 1.33 kg and it travels at a constant velocity of 1.111 meters / second. The car has 2 centimeters (0.02 meters) to stop / collide into the wall. What is the average impact force??
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Old Nov15-09, 12:46 AM                  #2
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Re: A car crashing... Force help?

Would you care to try anything like a solution

hint - what's an important equation with Force in it?
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