Mousetrap Car Research Paper

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The mousetrap car is propelled by the elastic energy from the wound spring of the mousetrap moving a lever that pulls on a string that is wrapped around one axle of the mousetrap car. As the lever pulls the string the axle turns and the string unwinds until there is no string, when this happens the end of the string that was wrapped around the axle releases and the mousetrap car should move for a distance because of the kinetic energy until friction causes it to

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