September 21, 201312 yr the problem reads a sudden stop, a car's seatbelt provides the force that stops the passenger. For a 80kg passenger, what's the seatbelt force if a car goes from highway speed of 90.0km/h to rest in 5.1s ?
September 22, 201312 yr I'll give you some hints... First, you need to find the acceleration of the passenger as the car stops. To do this, first convert the initial speed of the car from km/hr to meters/second (http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/regents/videos/Metric_System/Metric_System.html). Next, calculate the acceleration of the passenger: http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/honors/videos/KinEqns_Hon/KinEqns_Hon.html Finally, once you know the passenger's acceleration, you can calculate the force using Newton's 2nd Law: http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/honors/videos/N2Law_Regents/N2Law.html
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