A car of mass 1000 kg moving with a velocity of 45 km/h collides with a tree and comes to a stop in 5 s. What will be the force exerted by the car on the tree?
Here,
Mass of car, m = 1000 kg
Initial velocity, u = 45 km/hr = m/s
Final velocity = 0 m/s
Time taken for car to come to a halt = 5 s
Therefore, force is given by
F =
The negative sign shows the retarding nature of force.