A hand cart loaded with vegetables collides with an identical but empty hand cart. Class 9

A hand cart loaded with vegetables collides with an identical but empty hand cart. Class 9

Question 1.

A hand cart loaded with vegetables collides with an identical but empty hand cart. During the collision: Class 9

(i) the loaded cart exerts a force of larger magnitude on the empty cart.

(ii) the empty cart exerts a force of larger magnitude on the loaded cart.

(iii) neither cart exerts a force on the other.

(iv) the loaded cart and the empty cart, both exert an equal magnitude of force on each other.

Answer:

(iv) The loaded cart and the empty cart both exert an equal magnitude of force on each other.

According to Newton's third law, during the collision, the force exerted by the loaded cart on the empty cart and the force exerted by the empty cart on the loaded cart are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction-regardless of their masses.