What is the relationship between the force on each object in a collision?

Alice and Kai were playing air hockey, which is a game where players hit a puck with paddles so the puck slides across a table. After the game, they were crashing the puck and two different paddles. The puck was the same in both crashes, but the paddles were different: the red paddle had less mass, while the purple paddle had more mass. Use the information in the diagram to answer.

In which crash did the puck experience a stronger force? Why?

Calculate the force of the Red Paddle on the hockey puck.

How much force was applied to the hockey puck by the Red Paddle during the collision?

What do you know about the force on the hockey puck compared to the red paddle?

CFS:

• accurately describes the relationship between force, mass and velocity in a collision