The question discusses the forces experienced by a car and a wall when the car collides with the wall, specifically whether one experiences a greater force than the other. The context involves Newton's laws of motion, particularly the third law.
Some participants have noted the equal forces experienced by both the car and the wall due to Newton's third law, while others are analyzing the implications of momentum change and the assumptions made regarding the wall's mass and motion.
There is a discussion around the simplifying assumption that the wall is immovable, which influences the interpretation of the forces involved in the collision.
Correct.niveda said:I believe it's the equal force because of Newtons 3rd law
When we see a question with a casual statement like "a car hits a wall", we reflexively invoke the simplifying assumption that the wall is immovable in order to concentrate on presumably more interesting aspects of the problem. Our assumption is equivalent to assigning an effectively infinite mass to the wall or at least to whatever the is holding the wall in place.Lokendra1799 said:Analysing the Car, there is a large change in momentum of the car (Impulse acts on it) and if we analyse the wall, the initial velocity was zero and the final velocity is also zero..so Impulse must be zero.
Car has more impact than the wall. You are right that the Third law of Newton beholds here. I think the question might be asking about the impact?