At the local grocery store, you push a 14.5-kg shopping cart. You stop for a moment to add a bag of dog food to your cart. With a force of 12.0 N you now accelerate the cart from rest through a distance of 2.29 m in 3.00 s. What was the mass of the dog food?

The mass of the dog food added is 9.03 kg

Explanation:

Given;

mass of the shopping cart, m₁ = 14.5 kg

let the mass of the bag added = m₂

the force applied, F = 12 N

initial velocity of the cart-bag system, u = 0

distance traveled by the system, d = 2.29 m

time of motion of the system, t = 3.0 s

The acceleration of the system is calculated as;

The total mass of the system (M) is calculated as follows;

F = Ma

M = F/a

M = (12)/(0.51)

M = 23.53 kg

The mass of the dog food added is calculated as;

m₂ = M - m₁

m₂ = 23.53 kg - 14.5 kg

m₂ = 9.03 kg