Is it true that a large truck and a car, both moving with a velocity of magnitude $u$ , have a head-on collision, and both come to a halt after that? If the collisions last for $1$ second, then the truck experiences a greater force of impact?

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Detailed Solution

The above statement is false.
According to Newton's third law of motion, on the occasion of a head-on collision between a large truck and a car, the force applied by the car to the truck will be exactly equal in magnitude and directed in the opposite direction to the force applied by the truck to the car. As a result, the force applied to both vehicles is the same.
The corrected statement would be both will experience the same amount of force of impact by third law of motion.

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