A moving van collide with a sports car in a high-speed head-on collision. Crash!
During the impact, the truck exerts a force Ftruck on the car and the car exerts a force Fcar on the truck. Which of the following statements about these forces is true:
PINK: The force exerted by the truck on the car is the same size as the force exerted by the car on the truck: Ftruck = Fcar
YELLOW: Ftruck > Fcar
GREEN: Ftruck < Fcar
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