Sunday, February 15, 2009

QUESTION that was asked

The question that was asked was whether an object of 1N would stop when a force of 1N acted on it at the end of the path.

The answer should be NO as an object cannot stop abruptly when a force is acting on it. Example:You are running at a high speed.Another person is at the end of the road waiting to stop you with the same force which was produced by the person who push you.You would obviously slow down to a halt when you a forced to stop - you can't immediately stop right?