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Consider two carts, of masses m and 2m, at rest on a frictionless air track. If you push t...

Consider two carts, of masses m and 2m, at rest on a frictionless air track. If you push the lower-mass cart for 35 cm and then the other cart for the same distance and with the same force, which cart undergoes the larger change in momentum?

a) The cart with mass m has the larger change.

b) The cart with mass 2m has the larger change.

c) The change in momentum is the same for both carts.

d) It is impossible to tell from the information given.

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