In-class question

Consider two carts, of masses m and 2m, at rest on an air track. If you push first one cart for 3 s and then the other for the same length of time, exerting equal force on each, the momentum of the light cart is

BLUE: four times

YELLOW: twice

PINK: equal to

GREEN: one-half

PURPLE: one-quarter

the momentum of the heavy cart.




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