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Hmmm, this is getting complicated. I just need to calculate the force of a car traveling at 40 mph hitting another car traveling at 40 mph at a 20 degree angle. Are there any conservative assumptions we can make? Conservative in this case would be less of a force since we're trying to prove...

My problem is actually two cars traveling in opposite directions at 40 mph. On car veered into the other lane and hit the side of the other car at a 20 degree angle. I need to calculate the force of that impact. Do the velocities of both vehicles need to be taken into account? Also, is .2...

I am trying to calculate the force of a 2300 lb car hitting a wall at 40 mph. I know that momentum is mass x velocity and that force is mass x acceleration, but I'm not sure how they both relate to find the force on the brick wall. Any ideas?