Citizen Bleys
02-21-2005, 07:30 PM
Timmy weighs 50 kg and leaves home walking east at 3.18 m/s. Dave is drunk, weighs 75 kg and is driving a 1989 Ford pickup, its bed filled with dead mice. He starts speeding southbound at 120 km/h. At precisely 9:08 AM, Timmy starts to cross Weldon street and is struck and killed by Dave's pickup. Dave hides Timmy's battered, broken corpse under a pile of dead mice and dumps it in the river.
What is Timmy's southbound acceleration imparted by the pickup truck at the moment of impact?
What is Timmy's southbound acceleration imparted by the pickup truck at the moment of impact?