Question: A friend claims that, as long as he has his seatbelt on, he can hold on to a 12.0-kg child in a 60.0 mi/h head-on

A friend claims that, as long as he has his seatbelt on, he can hold on to a 12.0-kg child in a 60.0 mi/h head-on collision with a brick wall in which the car passenger compartment comes to a stop in 0.050 0 s. Show that the violent force during the collision will tear the child from his arms. A child should always be in a toddler seat secured with a seat belt in the back seat of a car.

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