A car, driven by an unrestrained male, strikes a utility pole at 35 mph. Given this scenario, which would be true?
A) The patient struck the steering wheel at a combined speed of 70 mph
B) The internal organs struck the inside of the body at a speed of 35 mph
C) The utility pole absorbed half of the kinetic energy, so that the body collision occurred at a speed of 17.5 mph
D) The energy transferred to the body is increased by a factor of 2
B) The internal organs struck the inside of the body at a speed of 35 mph
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