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Akhtar, Kiran and Rahul were riding in a motorocar that was moving with a high velocity on an expressway when an insect hit the windshield and got stuck on the windscreen. Akhtar and Kiran started pondering over the situation. Kiran suggested that the insect suffered a greater change in momentum as compared to the change in momentum of the motorcar (because the change in the velocity of the insect was much more than that of the motorcar). Akhtar said that since the motorcar was moving with a larger velocity, it exerted a larger force on the insect. And as a result the insect died. Rahul while putting an entirely new explanation said that both the motorcar and the insect experienced the same force and a change in their momentum. Comment on these suggestions.

The suggestion made by Kiran that the insect suffered a greater change in momentum as compared to the change in momentum of the motor car is... View Article

According to the third law of motion when we push on an object, the object pushes back on us with an equal and opposite force. If the object is a massive truck parked along the roadside, it will probably not move. A student justifies this by Solutioning that the two opposite and equal forces cancel each other. Comment on this logic and explain why the truck does not move.

Answer: According to the third law of motion when we push an object, the object pushes us back with an equal and opposite force. These two... View Article

Is p4 polar?

In P4, all of the atoms bonding are the same. There will be no polarity between in the bonds between the atoms, and thus no polarity in the... View Article

Why is phosphorus p4?

Answer: Phosphorus can form a P4 white phosphorus tetrahedron because it can form three bonds. The most stable allotrope of phosphorus, red... View Article