In this photo, a fire extinguisher provides the impulse for a hallway rocket cart. Which is NOT true about the motion of the rocket cart and person?
a. The momentum of the cart and person is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the momentum of the expelled gas.
b. The cart and person are propelled as a result of gas from the fire extinguisher pushing against air in the room.
c. The force of the gas on the cart and person is equal and opposite to the force of the person and cart on the expelled gas.
b
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