Question

A child is sliding on a sled at 1.3 m/s to the right. You stop the sled by pushing on it for 0.80 s in a direction opposite to its motion. Part A If the mass of the child and sled is 34 kg , what is the magnitude of the average force you need to apply to stop the sled?

Answer 1

find acceleration first

a = vf - vi / t

a = 0 - 1.5 / 0.5s (vf is zero)

a = -3 (negative sign indicates that acceleration is decreasing)

so F=ma

F = 35 x -3

F = -105 N (here negative sign indicates that u have to apply a force opposite to the boy's direction i.e from the left or towards the right)

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