College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 4, Problem 10P
|| A 2 kg block sits at rest on a frictionless horizontal table. A 10 N horizontal force is suddenly applied to the block and maintained as the block begins moving. (a) What is the acceleration of the block after the force is applied? (b) What is the speed of the block after it has moved a distance of 0.5 m
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