Ben-e
Captain Critter!
Not sure if the more mathematically minded people of farkin will be able to settle an arguement a mate and i have been having.
We were talking about car crashes, and the impact/force relative to speed.
My mate reckons that if two cars travelling at equal speed crash into eachother head-on, say 50km/h, that the impact speed will be 100km/h - the same as a car hitting a brick wall at 100km/h, according to him, and the damage will be roughly the same.
My counter to his arguement is that although the impact speed will remain the same, there will be greater damage between two cars than a single car hitting a brick wall.
Who's right? (BTW, theres beer riding on this)
We were talking about car crashes, and the impact/force relative to speed.
My mate reckons that if two cars travelling at equal speed crash into eachother head-on, say 50km/h, that the impact speed will be 100km/h - the same as a car hitting a brick wall at 100km/h, according to him, and the damage will be roughly the same.
My counter to his arguement is that although the impact speed will remain the same, there will be greater damage between two cars than a single car hitting a brick wall.
Who's right? (BTW, theres beer riding on this)