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A 10 wheeler truck collides with a car. Who is more likely to be hurt: the driver of the car or the driver of the truck? please justify your answer.

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Answer:

The driver in the car because a truck is a bigger vehicle and the impact of a truck to a car is more damaging than a car to a truck. Weight difference is the key I think.

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User Domager
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The driver in the car because the truck has more mass and sense it has more mass it has a greater acceleration than the car according to Newton’s first law. So the car would get more of an impact causing it to have a higher chance for the driver in the car to be injured!
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