Moving 2 m/s (sped up by 2 m/s)
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?
b Crash 2; the force on the purple paddle was stronger in this crash, so the force on
the puck was also stronger.
c The diagram doesn't tell you anything about the force on the puck. It only gives
information about the force on the paddles.