5. A roller-coaster cart is launched by a catapult mechanism. The catapult exerts a variable force on the cart as shown in the figure below. The cart starts at a position of 0.0 m and leaves the catapult at a position of 7.0 m. IF(N) a) Calculate the work done by the catapult on 30,000 the cart. 20,000 10,000 4 Distance (m) b) If the mass of the cart when full of people is 700.0 kg, calculate the speed of the cart after it leaves the launch spring (ignore friction).

5. A roller-coaster cart is launched by a catapult mechanism. The catapult exerts a variable force on the cart as shown in the figure below. The cart starts at a position of 0.0 m and leaves the catapult at a position of 7.0 m. IF(N) a) Calculate the work done by the catapult on 30,000 the cart. 20,000 10,000 4 Distance (m) b) If the mass of the cart when full of people is 700.0 kg, calculate the speed of the cart after it leaves the launch spring (ignore friction).

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