<span>A motor produces less mechanical energy than the energy it uses because the motor looses some energy to heat.</span>
I think you're saying that once you start pushing on the cars, you want to be able to stop each one in the same time.
This is sneaky. At first, I thought it must be both 'c' and 'd'. But it's not
kinetic energy, for reasons I'm not ambitious enough to go into.
(And besides, there's no great honor awarded around here for explaining
why any given choice is NOT the answer.)
The answer is momentum.
Momentum is (mass x speed). Change in momentum is (force x time).
No matter the weight (mass) or speed of the car, the one with the greater
momentum is always the one that will require the greater (force x time)
to stop it. If the time is the same for any car, then more momentum
will always require more force.
After a thorough research, there exists the same question that has choices and the link of the graph (http://i37.servimg.com/u/f37/16/73/53/52/graph410.png)
<span>Choices:
A. 160 meters
B. 80 meters
C. 40 meters
D. 20 meters
E. 0 meters
</span>
The correct answer is letter E. 0 meters.
