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four students push carts filled with sports equipment across the gym. Each student pushes with the same amount of force. which cart has the greatest change in speed

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AL2006


The cart that has the smallest mass of sports equipment in it
has the greatest change in speed.  We know this from Newton's
second law of motion ...

                      Force = (mass) x (acceleration).

If several objects have the same force acting on them, then the one
with the smallest mass has the greatest acceleration.

I would say the smallest car has the greatest