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 acceleration?


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


2

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