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The magnitude of the net force versus time graph has a rectangular shape. Often in physics geometric properties of graphs have physical meaning. True or false

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True

Explanation:

In this particular case, the area of the graph represents the impulse.

In fact, impulse is defined as the change in momentum of an object:

[tex]I=\Delta p[/tex]

Moreover, impulse is also defined as the product between the magnitude of the force acting on an object and the duration of the collision:

[tex]I=F\Delta t[/tex]

If we plot a graph of the force versus the time, if the force is constant then this graph will have a rectangular shape, and the area under the graph will simply be the product

[tex]F\cdot \Delta t[/tex]

which corresponds to the definition of impulse.

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