Consider two carts, of masses $m$ and $2m$ , at rest on an air track. If you push both the carts for $3\,s$ exerting equal force on each, the kinetic energy of the light cart is

  • A

    larger than the kinetic energy of the heavy cart

  • B

    equal to the kinetic energy of the heavy cart

  • C

    smaller than the kinetic energy of the heavy cart

  • D

    Information is not sufficient to decide

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