<span>The velocity would be 54.2 m/s
We would use the equation 1/2mv^2top+mghtop = 1/2mv^2bottom+mghbottom where m is the mass of the bobsled(which can be ignored), vtop/bottom is the velocity of the bobsled at the top or bottom, g is gravity, and htop/bottom is the height of the bobsled at the top or bottom of the hill. Since the velocity of the bobsled at the top of the hill and height at the bottom of the hill are zero, 1/2mv^2top and mghbottom will equal zero. The equation will be mghtop=1/2mv^2bottom. Thus we would solve for v.</span>
Impulse = (force) x (time)
The first impulse was (20 N) x (10 sec) = 200 meters/sec
The second one is (50 N) x (time) and we want it equal to the first one, so
(50 N) x (time) = 200 meters/sec
Divide each side by 50N : Time = 200/50 = <em>4 seconds</em>
By the way, the quantity we're playing with here is the cart's <em>momentum</em>.
The acceleration of gravity on Earth is 9.8 m/s². That means that
an object falling under the influence of gravity will move 9.8 m/s
faster than it was moving a second earlier.
Falling from rest, it will be moving 9.8 m/s after the first second,
and 19.6 m/s after the 2nd second.
The height from which it fell doesn't matter.
Science can observe and study the natural world. Pseudoscience is not.
