You have a frictionless cart that is sliding down a ramp. It then bounces off a bumper at the bottom, after which it starts sliding back up the ramp. What force acts on the cart for only a portion of the motion described above? normal force from the ramp elastic force from the bumper gravity (from Earth)

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You have a frictionless cart that is sliding down a ramp. It then bounces off a bumper
at the bottom, after which it starts sliding back up the ramp.
What force acts on the cart for only a portion of the motion described above?
normal force from the ramp
elastic force from the bumper
gravity (from Earth)
Transcribed Image Text:You have a frictionless cart that is sliding down a ramp. It then bounces off a bumper at the bottom, after which it starts sliding back up the ramp. What force acts on the cart for only a portion of the motion described above? normal force from the ramp elastic force from the bumper gravity (from Earth)
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