A small, double seat bumper car is pushing on a smaller, single seat bumper car

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A small, double seat bumper car is pushing on a smaller, single seat bumper car causing them to speed up. Which of the following is true? O The force of the single seat bumper on the double seat bumper car is smaller than the force of the double seat bumper car on the single seat bumper O The force of the single seat bumper on the double seat bumper car is larger than the force of the double seat bumper car on the single seat bumper O The force of the single seat bumper on the double seat bumper car is equal to the force of the double seat bumper car on the single seat bumper.

Explanation / Answer

B) According to the conservation of momentum, momentum of the system before collosion is equal to the momentum after the collision.

since the satellite mass is less compared to asteroid, speed should be more.

so the magnitude of satellites acceleration is larger than asteroids acceleration.

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