Physics

To find the force applied to the cart, we first need to determine its acceleration. We can use the kinematic equation for distance traveled under constant acceleration:

 

Where:

is the distance (50 meters),

is the initial velocity (0 m/s, since it starts from rest),

is the time (4 seconds),

is the acceleration.

 

Since the initial velocity is 0, the equation simplifies to:

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