Question

Two asteroids, drifting at constant velocity, collide. The masses and velocities of the asteroids before the collision are indicated in the figure. During the collision, is the magnitude of the force of asteroid A on asteroid B greater than, less than, or equal to the magnitude of the force of asteroid B on asteroid A?

Answer 1

Answer:a) The momentum of asteroid A is and the momentum of asteroid B is .b) At the time of collision, the magnitude of force of asteroid A on asteroid B is greater than the magnitude of force of asteroid B on asteroid A.c) The total momentum of the two asteroids at the time of collision is

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