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Which would require a greater force -accelerating a 10g mass at 5ms-2 or a 20g mass at 2ms-2?

User Thush
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F= mass X speed

10g x 5
20x2


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User Idbranding
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Force 1 = 10/1000 × 5 = 0.05 N
Force 2 = 20/1000 × 2 = 0.04 N

F1>F2

so the answer is Force 1
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