Which of the following expressions gives the magnitude of the impulse delivered to an…

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Problem

Which of the following expressions gives the magnitude of the impulse delivered to an object of mass

m

that undergoes a constant acceleration

a

for a time interval

\Delta t

? (a)

\dfrac{1}{2}ma\,\Delta t

(b)

ma\,\Delta t

(c)

2ma\,\Delta t

(d)

\dfrac{3}{2}ma\,\Delta t