Iam struggling on this physics question. is my last hope. could somebody provide an answer to this question, with a detailed explanation? in advance!

1) 29.4 N

The force of gravity between two objects is given by:

where

G is the gravitational constant

M and m are the masses of the two objects

r is the separation between the centres of mass of the two objects

In this problem, we have

(mass of the Earth)

(mass of the box)

(Earth's radius, which is also the distance between the centres of mass of the two objects, since the box is located at Earth's surface)

Substituting into the equation, we find F:

2)

Let's now calculate the ratio F/m. We have:

F = 29.4 N

m = 3.0 kg

Subsituting, we find

This is called acceleration of gravity, and it is the acceleration at which every object falls near the Earth's surface. It is indicated with the symbol .

We can prove that this is the acceleration of the object: in fact, according to Newton's second law,

where a is the acceleration of the object. Re-arranging,

which is exactly equal to the quantity we have calculated above.

the independent variable, the one that is intentionally manipulated, is whether or not the car hits the barrier.

the dependent variable, the one that you measure the response in, is the distance that the washers travel.