Question

SITION5.2 CalculateaccelerationaOFA Cart rolls downrampThe cart hasMass500grams (0.5kg)a Spring a here force ofscaleyou measure 2 newtons pulling the cart downcalulate the acceleration of the Cart

Answer 1

Given data:

* The mass of the cart is m = 0.5 kg.

* The amount of force pulling the cart is F = 2 N.

Solution:

According to Newton's second law, the force acting on the cart in terms of the mass and acceleration of the cart is,

`\begin{gathered} F=ma \\ a=(F)/(m) \end{gathered}`

Substituting the known values,

`\begin{gathered} a=(2)/(0.5) \\ a=4ms^(-2) \end{gathered}`

Thus, the acceleration of the cart is 4 meters per second squared.