A 500-g block traveling at 60 cm/s slides onto a 1-kg cart as shown. The block stops sliding before reaching the end of the cart




As the block is sliding on the cart,
which object has the larger net
force on it?


1.the cart
2.the block
3.neither; the net force is the same
4.impossible to determine


3

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