Calculating Impacts
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Let's say a a two-ton car is travelling at 60 mph and hits a brick wall. The kinetic energy of the car can be calculated by multiplying the weight by the velocity squared and dividing by two. How would you calculate the force of the initial impact? How do you calculate what goes on in impacts?