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A 4500 kg Honda Civic, a 0.5 kg Matchbox car, and a 45 kg Power Wheel are each pushed with a 30 N force. Which car will have the GREATEST acceleration?
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A 4500 kg Honda Civic, a 0.5 kg Matchbox car, and a 45 kg Power Wheel

are each pushed with a 30 N force. Which car will have the GREATEST
acceleration?

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F= ma so rearrange the equation to a= F/m (net force/ mass) and using that equation with all three different cars, the matchbox car has the greatest acceleration of 60 m/s^2
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