Airbags are designed to protect you in a crash by increasing the amount of time (At) over which your momentum changes when your car suddenly stops moving. However, we have learned that Impulse, which is equal to change in momentum, can be calculated as] = F. At = Ap. the impulse you Based on this, explain why increasing the At does not increase experience during the crash. Draw an impulse-momentum bar chart and use it as part of your explanation.

Airbags are designed to protect you in a crash by increasing the amount of time (At) over which your momentum changes when your car suddenly stops moving. However, we have learned that Impulse, which is equal to change in momentum, can be calculated as] = F. At = Ap. the impulse you Based on this, explain why increasing the At does not increase experience during the crash. Draw an impulse-momentum bar chart and use it as part of your explanation.

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter9: Momentum And Its Conservation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 64A

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