<span> <span> The answer to your question is: increase the force applied to the object.
Two items are provided as a basis for that conclusion:
1. According to Newton's Second Law of Motion, the formula for finding force is: F = ma
where F is the force,
m is the mass of an object,
and a is the acceleration of the object.
And 2: work = force x distance or W = F x d.</span></span>
For the work-energy theorem, the work needed to stop the bus is equal to its variation of kinetic energy:

where
W is the work
Kf is the final kinetic energy of the bus
Ki is the initial kinetic energy of the bus
Since the bus comes at rest, its final kinetic energy is zero:

, so the work done by the brakes to stop the bus is

And the work done is negative, because the force applied by the brake is in the opposite direction to that of the bus motion.
Answer:
.7917 m/s
Explanation:
This is a conservation of momentum question. You have an object initially at rest (cart) so that object is initially at 0 momentum. Indiana Jones is 83.5 kg and running 3.75 m/s so he starts with a momentum of 313.125 kg * m/s because momentum is equal to mass * velocity. Once the person jumps in the cart, the cart and the person can be considered one object and by conservation of momentum, the momentum of the Indiana-cart system is equal to 313.125 kg * m/s. By that, we can set that momentum equal to the combined mass * joint velocity. So 313.125 = (83.5kg + 312kg) * joint velocity. Then just solve for the velocity. The answer should be smaller than the intial velocity of the person of 3.75 m/s because the mine cart is HUGE at 312kg.
A textbook would hit the ground first
Factors:
-Textbook weighs most
-Pillow is flat and fluffy not very aerodynamic) also is very light
-Paper airplane will glide to the ground do to its wings and will hit the ground last