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The driver of the red car has twice the mass of the driver of the green car, and they are traveling at the same speed. When they collide, the red car will slow down and the green car will speed up. They will both be deflected from their original path of motion, but the red car will be deflected less than the green car because of its driver's greater mass.

 

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