Question

A rare butterfly (0.01 kg) is slowly flapping its wings and moving across a road. An unsuspecting driver in a large car (1000 kg) going very fast makes a sharp turn and runs directly into the butterfly. The butterfly smashes against the windshield (of course) but the car keeps moving down the road. Which object has the greater force: The butterfly or the car?

Answer 1

Both the butterfly and the large car will have equal forces but in opposite direction.

Newton's third law of motion

Newton's third law of motion states that action and reaction are equal and opposite. That is, the force exerted on an object is equal to the reaction experienced by the object.

Fa = - Fb

where;

• Fa is the force exerted by the large car
• Fb is the force of the butterfly

Thus, both the butterfly and the large car will have equal forces but in opposite direction.

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