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Thanks for the replies! I am pretty much just trying to figure the numbers, not use answers here for anything but guidance... At this point, I have the simple equation f=Ma, which, for the rearmost car is using the variables M=2630lbs, a= 73fps(est. 50MPH) and F=191,990lbs I am working out...

This appears to me to be a simple problem, but I am not a very big physics person- Though I do know that is the key to the problem... Short story is, my girlfriend was in a motor vehicle accident last week. She was just about stopped in stop and go traffic, and was impacted from behind, and...