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Consider two carts, of masses m and 2m, at rest on an air Answer 1. The kinetic energy of an object can be written as
track. If you push one cart for 3 seconds and then the other
for the same length of time, exerting equal force on each,
the kinetic energy of the light cart is 1 2 p2
K= mv =
2 2m
1) larger than
Because the impulse is the same for the two carts, the
2) equal to
3) smaller than change in momentum is the same. Both start from rest so
they both have the same final momentum. Since the mass
of the lighter cart is smaller than the mass of the heavier
the kinetic energy of the heavy car.
cart, the kinetic energy of the light cart is larger than the
kinetic energy of the heavy cart.
3. zero.
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(2) (Fmax)(L/4), 0
(3) (Fmax)(L), 0