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I am assuming the there is an effect on the car's momentum, I just don't care about it because it's irrelevant for this exact "simulation" for lack of a better word.

Thanks a lot!

Oh, but I don't know if I can calculate that too :S seems hard The presentation is supposed to be 3-4 mins, and it's only the grade 11 physics class (first class offered at my school) so we're doing basics, even Momentum isn't covered until next year...

uhm, I'm assuming there is no loss in energy.. Idk, the first equation worked well for me. Let me just test my numbers with your formula; with mine, I got 37.4m/s I think.. Lemme check quick. Okay, that equation gave me 19.67 m/s; I got that first equation from Wikipedia and it also explained...

My sincere apologize, I did not understand the concept but now I do. The equation I was looking for was where V1 is the new pedestrians velocity, U1 was the pedestrians velocity before being hit, M1 is the pedestrians mass, and the 2s are the trucks stuff. Sorry :( I can't seem to edit this...

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< Moderator Note -- moved from Academic Guidance to Homework Help >[/color] Hey, I'm new here, I decided to register because one of the threads has helped me in the past and I'm hoping for some answers; to get into it, I'm doing research on the physics of being hit by a car/truck, and I've got...