Right now we can say they're both at the same speed but the truck weighs more than the car so it takes more newtons to slow it down/stop it, where as the small car only needs so many less newtons to move it to the right speed so it makes it easier to stop than a big truck.

A larger truck might take longer to stop than a smaller car because the car has less force that It requires to stop vs. the truck. This is because the truck has a larger amount of mass so when these cars are at the same speed and they stop the car will stop faster due to the fact that the car takes much less force to stop due to its size.

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Daniel P.

A space craft with no fuel will continue to move in space because in space there are no forces to stop its motion. This is because in Newtons 1st law it states that, states that an object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motion. This is similar to the rocket because without any force to act on it it will continue to move.

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Tommy was a soccer player and he always kicked the soccer ball not always knowing what was in affect. One day he started to notice that when he kicked the soccer ball across the grass it would slowly decrease in speed. Then he realized that if there was no grass the ball would continue to roll. He also noticed that whenever he missed the goal and hit the post it would bounce off, but then he realized when the ball hit the goal it was projected with an equal and opposite force. Finally, he noticed that the more force that he applied to the soccer ball the faster it would accelerate given that the soccer ball is the same.

Question: Analyzing the role of friction in modifying the effects predicted by Newton's first law in real-world scenarios.

The role of friction in modifying the effects predicted by Newton's first law in real-world scenarios is that the ball will keep rolling forever and ever, but friction acts as a force on the ball so it comes to a stop. So if someone kicks a soccer ball it won't move forever because friction acts upon it. -Zoey Ksionda

By Dax Garner

-Haylee Kreamer

But why is this?

Well, by looking at Newton's 2nd Law of Motion (F=ma) it looks like we have found our answer!

Analyzing our equation F=ma, we see that m (mass) times a (acceleration) equals F (Force). We can add our truck and car problem to this equation. If we are talking about the truck, we know that this vehicle has much more mass. In that case, we can see that it needs more force to slow the truck down. Then we can just reverse this for the car.

The little car stops faster than the big truck because it has less mass. Newtons Second law is F=ma, and since the truck has more mass, there is more force needed to stop it than the little car.

We can relate this toi Newton's 1st Law of Motion. Your body has inertia, so when the car stops, that inertia keeps you going.

A larger truck will take longer to stop because since the truck weighs more and the acceleration rate of the truck will cause the driver to use more force to stop the truck compared to someone who is driving a car that has less mass and acceleration, so that will cause the person who is driving the car to use less force to stop the car.

A heavier truck takes longer to stop because, according to Newton's Second Law (F=ma), it requires a greater net stopping force to achieve the same deceleration as a lighter car, or, if the net force is the same, it will experience a much smaller deceleration, leading to a longer stopping distance. The truck's greater mass means more energy must be dissipated, and to produce the necessary stopping force on the same friction surface, more time is needed.