Two railway trucks are travelling in the same direction and collide. The mass of truck X is 2 . 0 × 10 4 kg and the mass of truck Y is 3 . 0 × 10 4 kg . This graph shows how the velocity of each truck varies with time. Determine the force that acts on each truck during the collision.

Change in momentum kg m s - 1 Initial kinetic energy J Final kinetic energy J truck X 6 . 0 × 10 4 2 . 5 × 10 5 4 . 0 × 10 4 truck Y 6 . 0 × 10 4 1 . 5 × 10 4 1 . 35 × 10 5 Using the relation between force and momentum , we have f o r c e = c h a n g e i n m o m e n t u m t i m e = 6 × 10 4 1 . 6 = 3 . 75 × 10 4 N

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Two railway trucks are travelling in the same direction and collide. The mass of truck $X$ is $2.0 \times 10^{4} kg$ and the mass of truck $Y$ is $3.0 \times 10^{4} kg$ . This graph shows how the velocity of each truck varies with time.