College Physics
College Physics
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ISBN: 9781305952300
Author: Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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**Experiment Overview:**

Students were tasked with dropping a 0.2 kg bag of marbles straight down into a 1.0 kg toy cart moving at 3.0 m/s. The students compared the velocity of the cart before and after the marbles were dropped.

**Illustration Details:**

- **Diagram Overview:** 
  - There is an image of a bag labeled "marbles" above a toy cart. 
  - An arrow points downwards from the bag towards the cart, indicating the direction of the drop.
  - The bag of marbles and the toy cart are labeled accordingly.

**Question:**

How did the addition of the bag of marbles affect the velocity of the cart?

In this experiment, students analyzed the momentum change in the system caused by adding mass to a moving object, observing the effects in real-time.
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Transcribed Image Text:**Experiment Overview:** Students were tasked with dropping a 0.2 kg bag of marbles straight down into a 1.0 kg toy cart moving at 3.0 m/s. The students compared the velocity of the cart before and after the marbles were dropped. **Illustration Details:** - **Diagram Overview:** - There is an image of a bag labeled "marbles" above a toy cart. - An arrow points downwards from the bag towards the cart, indicating the direction of the drop. - The bag of marbles and the toy cart are labeled accordingly. **Question:** How did the addition of the bag of marbles affect the velocity of the cart? In this experiment, students analyzed the momentum change in the system caused by adding mass to a moving object, observing the effects in real-time.
### Question Options on Cart Velocity and Mass

1. **Option 1:**
   - "The cart's velocity stayed constant because the 0.20-kg bag was small when compared to the 1.0-kg mass of the cart."

2. **Option 2:**
   - "The cart's velocity stayed constant. Since the bag fell straight down, the force it exerted was perpendicular to the horizontal motion of the cart."

3. **Option 3:**
   - "The cart slowed down because the added weight of the marbles resulted in an increase of the normal force the track exerted on the cart."

4. **Option 4:**
   - "The cart slowed down because it now contained more mass. The momentum of a closed, isolated system is always constant."
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Transcribed Image Text:### Question Options on Cart Velocity and Mass 1. **Option 1:** - "The cart's velocity stayed constant because the 0.20-kg bag was small when compared to the 1.0-kg mass of the cart." 2. **Option 2:** - "The cart's velocity stayed constant. Since the bag fell straight down, the force it exerted was perpendicular to the horizontal motion of the cart." 3. **Option 3:** - "The cart slowed down because the added weight of the marbles resulted in an increase of the normal force the track exerted on the cart." 4. **Option 4:** - "The cart slowed down because it now contained more mass. The momentum of a closed, isolated system is always constant."
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