This is a review of the discussion in the textbook of the co

This is a review of the discussion in the textbook of the colliding students. Make the simplifying assumption that the two students have the same mass and the same speed. Check all the statements that are correct: A good estimate of the initial speed of one of the running students is 0.1 m/s. The Momentum Principle can\'t be applied in this analysis because we have no way of estimating at. The Momentum Principle when applied to the two-student system is simply 0 = 0 and doesn\'t give us any information. The final momentum of the two-student system is nonzero. The final momentum of the one-student system is nonzero. We\'re interested in the force exerted on one student, so we apply the Momentum Principle to a system consisting of one student. The initial momentum of the one-student system is nonzero. The initial momentum of the two-student system is zero. The net force on the two-student system is zero because the interatomic force exerted by student 1 on student 2 is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to the force exerted by student 2 on student 1. We can estimate x from the compression distance in the collision.

Solution

The momentum principle when applied to the two student system is simply 0 = 0 and doesnt give any information the final momentum of one student system is nonzero We are interested in the force exerted on one student so we can apply the momentum principle to a system consisting of one student initial momentum of one student system is nonzero the initial momentum of two student system is zero the net force on two student system is zero because the interatomic force exerted by student 1 on student 2 is equal and opposite in direction to the force exerted by student 2 on student 1 we can estimate time interval from the compression distance in the collision