You're driving down the highway and a lovebug spatters onto your windshield. Which undergoes the greater impulse?

Name: You're driving down the highway and a lovebug spatters onto your windshield. Which undergoes the greater impulse?
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Impulse is equal to the change in momentum, and according to Newton's third law, the force exerted by the lovebug on the car is equal and opposite to the force exerted by the car on the lovebug. Therefore, both the lovebug and the car experience the same impulse.

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