What is the force required to push a child in a trolley?
An adult pushes a child sat in a toy truck. The push lasts for 0.5s and after the push the child travels at 2 ms-1 . The mass of the child plus truck is 50 kg. The push is not constant but varies with time as shown in the graph.
Calculate the maximum force.
The diagram is pretty simple but still worth drawing to show the start and end.