A shopper at the local grocery store exerts a net force of 9.8 N on a 4-kg shopping cart for 3.3 seconds. (a) According to Newton's 2nd Law, Σ F = ma, what is the acceleration of the shopping cart? a = ______ m/s2   (b) We learned in our discussion of motion that the acceleration of an object measures how the speed changes with respect to time, a =  vf - vi t Using the acceleration found in part (a), the time given, and the fact that the cart starts from rest (vi = 0 m/s), determine the final speed of the shopping cart. Hint: In the expression for acceleration above, if you multiply both sides of the equation by the time, you can solve for vf. More specifically, a t = vf - vi vf =  ______ m/s.

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A shopper at the local grocery store exerts a net force of 9.8 N on a 4-kg shopping cart for 3.3 seconds.

(a) According to Newton's 2nd Law, Σ F = ma, what is the acceleration of the shopping cart?
a = ______ m/s2

 

(b) We learned in our discussion of motion that the acceleration of an object measures how the speed changes with respect to time, a = 

vf - vi
t

Using the acceleration found in part (a), the time given, and the fact that the cart starts from rest (vi = 0 m/s), determine the final speed of the shopping cart. Hint: In the expression for acceleration above, if you multiply both sides of the equation by the time, you can solve for vf. More specifically, a t = vf - vi
vf =  ______ m/s.

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