Question

What would the impact be of decreasing the mass the cart is carrying to 5 kg, and leaving the force the same?

What would the impact be of decreasing the mass the cart is carrying to 5 kg, and leaving the force the same?

The positive acceleration of the cart would double.

The cart would continue to accelerate at the same rate it did with the previous mass.

The cart would eventually slow down and stop.

The cart would experience negative acceleration.

The original weight is 10N and the force is 20

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

If the mass the cart is carrying is decreased to 5 kg while the force remains the same at 20 N, the impact on the cart would be that the positive acceleration of the cart would double. This is because the force applied (20 N) is divided by the mass (5 kg), resulting in an acceleration of 4 m/s^2. Since the force remains the same but the mass is halved, the resulting acceleration is doubled.