A runaway train with a mass of 500kg is stopped by batman. If it runway train starts with an initial speed of 50m/s and batman gets the train to stop after it has traveled a distance of 10m, what is the magnitude of the force that he applied to stop the train?

A runaway train with a mass of 500kg is stopped by batman. If it runway train starts with an initial speed of 50m/s and batman gets the train to stop after it has traveled a distance of 10m, what is the magnitude of the force that he applied to stop the train?

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