Explanation:
average speed = total distance travelled / total time travelled
time to travel the first 6km: 6 / 50 = 3/25 (h)
time to travel the next 6km: 6 / 90 = 1/15 (h)
[I think there's problem in the question 'cause 900km/h sounds impossible for normal person to travel in normal condition]
The total time: 3/25 + 1/15 = 14/75 (h)
Average speed over the 12 km drive will be:

Refer to the diagram shown below.
W₁ = (4 kg)*(9.8 m/s²) = 39.2 N
W₂ = (1 kg)*(9.8 m/s²) = 9.8 N
The normal reaction on the 4-kg mass is
N = (39.2 N)*cos(25°) = 35.5273 N
The force acting down the inclined plane due to the weight is
F = (39.2 N)*sin(25°) = 16.5666 N
The net force that accelerates the 4-kg mass at a m/²s down the plane is
F - W₂ = (4 kg)*(a m/s²)
4a = 16.5666 - 9.8
a = 1.6917 m/s²
Answer: 1.69 m/s² (nearest hundredth)
Newton's second law states that the resultant of the forces applied to an object is equal to the product between the object's mass and its acceleration:

where in our problem, m is the mass the (child+cart) and a is the acceleration of the system.
We are only concerned about what it happens on the horizontal axis, so there are two forces acting on the cart+child system: the force F of the man pushing it, and the frictional force

acting in the opposite direction. So Newton's second law can be rewritten as

or

since the frictional force is 15 N and we want to achieve an acceleration of

, we can substitute these values to find what is the force the man needs:
Answer:
B)
Explanation:
The value the scale shows is the reaction force to the normal force (they are equal by Newton's 3rd Law) that the scale exerts on Eric.
The forces on Eric are his weight (downward) and this normal force (upward), so we can write the net force over him as (also using Newton's 2nd Law):

which means

and for our values this is:
