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If the engine of a car is replaced by one that doubles the amount of net force, the car's acceleration will ___.

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Answer:

Double

Step-by-step explanation:

Newton's second law of motion states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to and acts in the same direction as the net force acting on the object. The second law of motion can be represented by the equation:

F ∝ a;

F = ma

where m is the mass which is the constant of proportionality, F is the net force and a is the acceleration of the object.

Hence for a car with a constant mass, if the engine is replace with one that doubles the net force, the acceleration of the car would also double.

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