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AP Physics C: Mechanics
3.5 Power
3.4 Conservation of Energy
3.3 Potential Energy
3.2 Work
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Figure 1. A cart on a track repelled by a magnetic launcher.
Figure 1. A cart on a track repelled by a magnetic launcher.
A small cart of mass \(m\) is constrained to move along a straight, horizontal, frictionless track that aligns with the positive x-axis. The cart is initially at rest at the origin \(x = 0\). A stationary magnetic launcher located at the origin exerts a repulsive force on the cart in the positive x-direction. The magnitude of this force as a function of position \(x\) is given by \(F(x) = F_0 e^{-\alpha x}\), where \(F_0\) and \(\alpha\) are positive constants.

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