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A roller coaster has five individual cars that each have a mass of 25 kg. If the roller coaster is traveling at a speed of 10 m/s what is the force required to stop it at the pl…

A roller coaster has five individual cars that each have a mass of 25 kg. If the roller coaster is traveling at a speed of 10 m/s what is the force required to stop it at the pl…
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A roller coaster has five individual cars that each have a mass of 25 kg. If the roller coaster is traveling at a speed of 10 m/s what is the force required to stop it at the platform to let the passengers off?

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F=ma so the mass is 125kg and this times the speed of 10ms-1 is 1250N of force.
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