For a collision in which an object's momentum changes by a fixed amount

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Force and Laws of Motion · Force and Laws of Motion

Problem

For a collision in which an object's momentum changes by a fixed amount, how does the average force during the collision depend on the duration of contact?

Related theory

Impulse-Momentum Theorem
Impulse
Linear momentum
Newton's second law: force, momentum and impulse
Laws of Motion
Mathematical formulation of Second Law

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