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title: "Two objects, \\( A \\) and \\( B \\), move toward one another. Object \\( A \\) has twice the mass and half the speed of object \\( B \\). Which of the following describes the forces the objects exert on each other when they collide and provides the best explanation?"
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# Two objects, \( A \) and \( B \), move toward one another. Object \( A \) has twice the mass and half the speed of object \( B \). Which of the following describes the forces the objects exert on each other when they collide and provides the best explanation?

Two objects, \( A \) and \( B \), move toward one another. Object \( A \) has twice the mass and half the speed of object \( B \). Which of the following describes the forces the objects exert on each other when they collide and provides the best explanation?

- **A.** The force exerted by \( A \) on \( B \) will be \( 2 \) times as great as the force exerted by \( B \) on \( A \), because \( A \) has twice the mass of \( B \).
- **B.** The force exerted by \( A \) on \( B \) will be \( \tfrac{1}{2} \) as great as the force exerted by \( B \) on \( A \), because \( A \) has half the speed of \( B \).
- **C.** The forces exerted by each object on the other are the same, because the product of mass and speed is the same for both objects.
- **D.** The forces exerted by each object on the other are the same, because interacting objects cannot exert forces of different magnitude on each other.

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