You are studying the effect of the force of a rubber band on your friend sitting in a shopping cart. You have fixed the 125 kg cart (cart with your friend and groceries) with a rubber band to the shelf with the dog food and push your friend and the cart away from the shelf with a speed of 5.0 m/s. The force versus time curve for the rubber band is shown in the figure. a. At what speed is the cart with your friend rolling back towards the shelf? b. Is your result reasonable? Force (N) 3000- 2000- 1000 0 0 0.4 0.8 Time (s) 1.2 1.6.
You are studying the effect of the force of a rubber band on your friend sitting in a shopping cart. You have fixed the 125 kg cart (cart with your friend and groceries) with a rubber band to the shelf with the dog food and push your friend and the cart away from the shelf with a speed of 5.0 m/s. The force versus time curve for the rubber band is shown in the figure. a. At what speed is the cart with your friend rolling back towards the shelf? b. Is your result reasonable? Force (N) 3000- 2000- 1000 0 0 0.4 0.8 Time (s) 1.2 1.6.
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