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title: "A child on a sled reaches the bottom of a hill with a velocity of \\( 10.0 \\, \\text{m/s} \\) and travels \\( 25.0 \\, \\text{m} \\) along a horizontal straightaway to a stop. If the child and sled together have a mass of \\( 60.0 \\, \\text{kg} \\), what is the average retarding force on the sled on the horizontal straightaway?"
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# A child on a sled reaches the bottom of a hill with a velocity of \( 10.0 \, \text{m/s} \) and travels \( 25.0 \, \text{m} \) along a horizontal straightaway to a stop. If the child and sled together have a mass of \( 60.0 \, \text{kg} \), what is the average retarding force on the sled on the horizontal straightaway?

A child on a sled reaches the bottom of a hill with a velocity of \( 10.0 \, \text{m/s} \) and travels \( 25.0 \, \text{m} \) along a horizontal straightaway to a stop. If the child and sled together have a mass of \( 60.0 \, \text{kg} \), what is the average retarding force on the sled on the horizontal straightaway?

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