Learn something new everyday.. Laws of motion

[Bouncer]

I always thought that 2 cars hitting each other head on both going 50mph would be equal to 1 car going 100mpg and hitting a wall.

Turns out its not true.

2 cars traveling at 50mph and hitting each other head on is only equal to a 50mph crash into a wall.

The reason, Newtons 3rd law. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Because you have 2 cars hitting each other that energy is transferred equally into both cars. Whereas a car hitting a wall at 100mph, all that energy can only be transferred to the 1 car.

Bottom line, hitting a wall at 100mph causes a shit load more damage then 2 cars hitting each other head on both traveling 50mph.

[mofo]

we learned about this in physics. the action/reaction law states the energy transfers into one another item only if that item is free to move. so if car 1 and car 2 have equal masses and are traveling at the same speed, they will transfer the energy into one another keeping the balance the same. with the wall, it can't move so the energy gets transferred back into the car causing the damage.

[the art of war]

Bottom line, hitting a wall at 100mph causes a shit load more damage then 2 cars hitting each other head on both traveling 50mph.

I'll vouch for that!

[dna9488]

lol... this is basic Physics bro. Learned this in high school and than the calculus version in college.

All of Newton's Laws are cool.

I find elastic and inelastic collisions cool. Read about that

[blm]

car going 100mpg

You fail physics, but that's stellar gas mileage. :hibb:

[the art of war]

You fail physics, but that's stellar gas mileage. :hibb:

:rofl: owned.