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With the switch open, there's no current in the circuit, and therefore
no voltage drop across any of the dissipative elements (the resistor
or the battery's internal impedance). So the entire battery voltage
appears across the switch, and the voltmeter reads 12.0V .
Answer:

Explanation:
The force is defined as the negative of the derivative of the potential energy:

If we use the potential energy function given in this problem:

and we calculate the force, we get:

So, the force is

Answer:
The average velocity of the sled is vavg = s/t.
Explanation:
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The average velocity is calculated as the traveled distance over time:
vavg = Δx/Δt
Where:
vavg = average velocity.
Δx = traveled distance.
Δt = elapsed time.
We already know the traveled distance (s) and also know the time it takes the sled to travel that distance (t). Then, the average velocity can be calculated as follows:
vavg = s/t
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