Question

A hockey player uses her hockey stick to exert a force of 7.957.95 N on a stationary hockey puck, which is resting on a nearly frictionless ice surface. The hockey puck has a mass of 181181 g. What is the acceleration of the hockey puck?

Answer 1

44 m/s^2

Step-by-step explanation:

Force, F = 7.95 N

mass, m = 181 g = 0.181 kg

By use of Newton's second law

F = m x a

a = F / m = 7.95 / 0.181 = 44 m/s^2

Thus, the acceleration of the hockey puck is 44 m/s^2.