PPT Slide
Imagine a head-on collision between a large truck and a small compact car. During the collision:
- (A) the truck exerts a greater amount of force on the car than the car exerts on the truck.
- (B) the car exerts a greater amount of force on the truck than the truck exerts on the car.
- (C) neither exerts a force on the other, the car gets smashed simply because it gets in the way of the truck.
- (D) the truck exerts a force on the car but the car does not exert a force on the truck.
- (E) the truck exerts the same amount of force on the car as the car exerts on the truck.
Note: This answer was included because research showed many students said this in interviews.