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A roller coaster is accelerating at 10m/s² before it comes to an abrupt stop at the end of the ride. The mass of the roller coaster is 900 kg. How much force was exerted on the roller coaster to bring it to a stop?

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Answer:

9000 N

Step-by-step explanation:

The force acting on an object given it's mass and acceleration can be found by using the formula

force = mass × acceleration

From the question we have

force = 900 × 10

We have the final answer as

9000 N

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