Question

a bicycle tales 8.0 secounds to accelerate at a constant rate from rest to a speed of 4.0ms^2. if the mass of the bicycle and the rider tiger is 85kg what is the net force acting on the bicycle ?

Answer 1

42.5N

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the Newton's second law of motion:

The net force is equated to the product of the mass times the acceleration.

Force(F)=mass(m)*acceleration(a)

first we have to find the acceleration of the bicycle

`accceleration=(Velocity .difference)/(time) \\a=((4-0)ms^(-1) )/(8s) \\a=0.5ms^(-2)`

`F=85kg*0.5ms^(-2)\\ =42.5N`