Question

Hi, I have an assignment in Physics where I'm supposed to determine the science behind a man running up and kicking a trash bin, which is on a rail and rotates around, hitting him back in the face. I'm supposed to explain the science behind it based on what I've learned this year (torque, laws of physics, acceleration, potential and kinetic energy, angular quantities, gravity, etc), but I'm stuck on how I should use any of it. Could I please get some help with the science behind it? Here's the data we were given:

The distance the man ran was 3.6 meters
The bin weighed 18 kilograms
He ran at a rate of 3 meters per second.
He kicked it with a force of 3560 newtons.

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