A truck going \(15\,\text{km/h}\) has a head-on collision with a small car going \(30\,\text{km/h}\). Which statement best describes the situation?(a) The truck has the greater change of momentum because it has the greater mass. , (b) They both have the same change in magnitude of momentum because momentum is conserved. , (c) The car has the greater change of momentum because it has the greater speed. , (d) Neither the car nor the truck changes its momentum in the collision because momentum is conserved. , (e) None of the above is necessarily true. :

A truck going \(15 \, \text{km/h}\) has a head-on collision with a small car going \(30 \, \text{km/h}\). Which statement best describes the situation? • Nerd Notes

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A truck going \(15\,\text{km/h}\) has a head-on collision with a small car going \(30\,\text{km/h}\). Which statement best describes the situation?

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