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Exploration #1, STEP 1: Person trying to push with a constant continuous force.
Exploration #1, STEP 2: Testing whether a fan unit provides a constant continuous force.
Exploration #1, STEP 3: Cart pushed along a track by a fan unit.
Exploration #1, STEP 4: Cart being pushed along three tracks by a fan unit.
Exploration #1, STEP 5: Force and Motion Simulator.
You should be able to run this yourself! Click on the image below and follow the instructions in the activity.
This simulator is one of many developed by the Physics Education Technology (PhET)group ) at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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