Physics

To find the force applied to the cart, we first need to calculate its acceleration using the kinematic equation that relates initial and final velocities, acceleration, and distance:

 

Where:

is the final velocity (15 m/s),

is the initial velocity (5 m/s),

is the acceleration,

is the distance (40 m).

 

Rearranging the equation to solve for acceleration :

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