Forces cause acceleration, not motion. The law of action-reaction (Newton's third law) explains the nature of the forces between the two interacting objects. According to the law, the force exerted by object 1 upon object 2 is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force exerted by object 2 upon object 1.
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D would be the answer because The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.
Let the mass of 2500 kg car be 
and it's velocity be 
and the mass of 1500 kg car be 
and it's velocity be 
.
After the bumping the mass be M and it's velocity be V.
By law of conservation of momentum we have
2500 * 5 + 1500 * 1=4000 * V
V = 14000/4000 = 7/2 = 3.5 m/s
So the velocity of the two-car train = 3.5 m/s
By Newton's second law, the net force on the object is
∑ <em>F</em> = <em>m</em> <em>a</em>
∑ <em>F</em> = (2.00 kg) (8 <em>i</em> + 6 <em>j</em> ) m/s^2 = (16.0 <em>i</em> + 12.0 <em>j</em> ) N
Let <em>f</em> be the unknown force. Then
∑ <em>F</em> = (30.0 <em>i</em> + 16 <em>j</em> ) N + (-12.0 <em>i</em> + 8.0 <em>j</em> ) N + <em>f</em>
=> <em>f</em> = (-2.0 <em>i</em> - 12.0 <em>j</em> ) N
