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tresset_1 [31]
2 years ago
12

In the great shopping cart race, two students push on shopping carts. A having twice the mass of B, with the same force applied

over the same distance. Which shopping cart wins the race?
A. cart A
B. cart B
C. neither, its a tie
Physics
1 answer:
fiasKO [112]2 years ago
7 0

B. cart B

Explanation:

The acceleration of each cart is given by Newton's second law:

F=ma

a=\frac{F}{m}

where F is the force applied, a is the acceleration and m is the cart's mass.

The force F applied is the same for the two carts, however the mass of cart A (mA) is twice than the mass of cart B (mB), so we can rewrite the two accelerations:

a_A = \frac{F}{m_A}=\frac{F}{2 m_B}

a_B = \frac{F}{m_B}

we see that the acceleration of cart B is twice the acceleration of cart A, therefore cart B will move faster and will win the race.


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