The correct answer is
C. reduce the friction between its moving parts
In fact, by reducing the friction between the moving parts of the machine, it is possible to reduce the energy wasted due to this friction; therefore, more input energy is converted into useful work, and this will improve the efficiency of the machine.
If the force were constant or increasing, we could guess that the speed of the sardines is increasing. Since the force is decreasing but staying in contact with the can, we know that the can is slowing down, so there must be friction involved.
Work is the integral of (force x distance) over the distance, which is just the area under the distance/force graph.
The integral of exp(-8x) dx that we need is (-1/8)exp(-8x) evaluated from 0.47 to 1.20 .
I get 0.00291 of a Joule ... seems like a very suspicious solution, but for an exponential integral at a cost of 5 measly points, what can you expect.
On the other hand, it's not really too unreasonable. The force is only 0.023 Newton at the beginning, and 0.000067 newton at the end, and the distance is only about 0.7 meter, so there certainly isn't a lot of work going on.
The main question we're left with after all of this is: Why sardines ? ?
Here we apply conservation of linear momentum. The momentum of the truck with cargo and without cargo remains constant. That is,
.
Here 
are initial mass and velocity. 
are final mass and velocity. Here 
and 
.
The velocity of the truck be after its cargo is taken off is
Answer:
Option A
Lowering the amount of reactants
Explanation:
To reduce the rate of chemical reaction, one can reduce temperature or surface area. The addition of catalysts increases rate of reaction but decreasing the amount of reactants decreases rate of reaction. Therefore, from the choices provided, choice A is correct.
Explanation:
The weight of the car is equal to, 
...........(1)
Where
m is the mass of car
g is the acceleration due to gravity
The normal or vertical component of the force is, 
or
.............(2)
The horizontal component of the force is, 
Taking ratio of equation (1) and (2) as :
or
Hence, this is the required solution.
