A hand cart loaded with vegetables collides with an identical but empty hand cart. During the collision:

(a) the loaded cart exerts a force of larger magnitude on the empty cart.

(b) the empty cart exerts a force of larger magnitude on the loaded cart.

(c) neither cart exerts a force on the other.

(d) the loaded cart and the empty cart, both exert an equal magnitude of force on each other.

(d) the loaded cart and the empty cart, both exert an equal magnitude of force on each other.

Explanation: According to Newton's third law of motion, every action force has an equal and opposite reaction force. During the collision, the loaded cart exerts a force on the empty cart, and the empty cart exerts an equal and opposite force on the loaded cart. Although the loaded cart has greater mass and may undergo a smaller change in motion, the magnitudes of the forces on the two carts are equal.