College Physics
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780134601823
Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 3, Problem 7P
A string pulls horizontally on a cart so that it moves at increasing speed along a smooth horizontal surface. When the cart is moving medium-fast, the pulling is stopped abruptly. (a) Describe in words what happens to the cart's motion when the pulling stops. (b) Illustrate your description with motion diagrams, force diagrams and position-versus-time and velocity- versus-time graphs. Indicate on the graphs when the pulling stopped. What assumptions did you make?
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