Physics

Physics

Problem

A passenger of mass 60 kg60\,\text{kg} is travelling in a car at 72 km h−172\,\text{km h}^{-1}. During a collision the passenger is brought to rest by an airbag in 50 ms50\,\text{ms}. If the same collision occurs without an airbag and the passenger comes to rest in 5 ms5\,\text{ms}, by what factor does the airbag reduce the average force on the passenger? a) 55 b) 99 c) 1010 d) 2020

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