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You have been hired as a technical consultant for an early-morning cartoon series for children to amke sure that the science is correct. In the script, a wagon containing two boxes of gold (total mass of 150kg) has been cut loose from the horses by an outlaw. The wagon starts from rest 50 meters up a hill with a 6 degree slope. The outlaw plans to have the wagon roll down the hill and across the level fround and then crash into a canyon where his confederates wait. But in a tree 40 meters from the edge of the canyon wait the lone ranger (mass 80kg) and Tonto (mass 70kg). They drop vertically into the wagon as it passes beneath them. The script states that it takes the lone ranger and tonto 5 seconds to grab the gold and jump out of the wagon, but is this correct? You assume that the wagon rolls with negligeble friciton.

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You have been hired as a technical consultant for an early-morning cartoon series for children to make sure that the science is correct. In the script, a wagon containing two boxes of gold (total mass of wagon and gold is 166 kg) has been cut loose from the horses by an outlaw. The wagon starts from rest 77 meters up a hill with a 8o slope. The outlaw plans to have the wagon roll down the hill and across the level ground and then crash into a canyon where his confederates wait. But in a tree 41 meters from the edge of the canyon wait the Lone Ranger (mass 65 kg) and Tonto (mass 66 kg). They drop vertically into the wagon as it passes beneath them. How long do the Lone Ranger and Tonto have to grab the gold and jump out of the wagon before the wagon heads over the cliff? You assume that the wagon rolls with negligible friction.

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