Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 54SP
A horizontal cable pulls a 200-kg cart along a horizontal track. The tension in the
cable is 500 N. Starting from rest; (a) How long will it take the cart to reach a speed
of 8.0 m/s? (b) How far will it have gone?
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