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The rate of acceleration for a basketball that is falling to the ground is 9.8 meters per second. The force exerted on the basketball is 29.4 Newtons. What is the mass of the object?​

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F=m x a. Force= mass times acceleration
Where mass is one kilogram
acceleration is one meter/second/second

m=f/a. Solve for the unknown (mass)

m= 29.4/9.8

m= 3 kg
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