1. Suppose you give a shopping cart a push and it begins t

give a shopping cart a push and it begins to roll across the parking

lot. Once you have stopped pushing it, it slows down and comes to a sto

observation consistent with Newton's First Law? Why or why not?

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Physics

Nathen Huffman

20 June, 18:27

1. Suppose you give a shopping cart a push and it begins t

give a shopping cart a push and it begins to roll across the parking

lot. Once you have stopped pushing it, it slows down and comes to a sto

observation consistent with Newton's First Law? Why or why not?

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Ross Meyer · Answer 1

Newton's first law says the cart should keep going if there's no force acting on it to slow it down. But it slows down and stops. Is there any force acting on it? You bet! There's friction in the wheels, and a little bit of air resistance too.

1. Suppose you give a shopping cart a push and it begins tgive a shopping cart a push and it begins to roll across the parkinglot. Once you have stopped pushing it, it slows down and comes to a stoobservation consistent with Newton's First Law? Why or why not?

1. Suppose you give a shopping cart a push and it begins t

give a shopping cart a push and it begins to roll across the parking

lot. Once you have stopped pushing it, it slows down and comes to a sto

observation consistent with Newton's First Law? Why or why not?