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a car has a foward acceleration how would the acceleration of the car be dofferent if it had more mass

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

its acceleration would decrease

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Apply Newton's second law of motion to the car:

F = ma

F is the driving force moving the car, m is the car's mass, and a is the car's acceleration.

Assuming we apply the same F to another more massive car, it would move with a smaller acceleration.

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