If one vehicle is going 20 mph and another is going 60 mph, the one going 60 mph has __9____ times the force at impact as the one going 20 mph.

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Answer:

Assuming that both vehicles have the same mass: It´s 9 times

Step-by-step explanation:

You can use the formula for kinetic energy which is: [tex]K = \frac{mv^2}{2}[/tex]

We can calculate two different values for each speed. We assume that the mass is "m"

[tex]K_1 = \frac{m(20)^2}{2} = \frac{400m}{2} = 200m\\\\K_2 = \frac{m(60)^2}{2} = \frac{3600m}{2} = 1800m\\\\[/tex]

As you can see the K2 is 9 times bigger than K1