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According to Newton's second law of motion, when the net force on an object is greater than 0 how is it's mass related to its acceleration?

A. They are directly related
B. They are equal
C. They are inversely related
D. They not are related at all

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B. They are equal Hope i helped! :)
User Matt Goodrich
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Answer:

C. They are inversely related

Step-by-step explanation:

Newton's second law is as follows:


F=ma

Where
F is the net force


m is the mass, and
a is the acceleration.

We can rewrite that same law as follows:


(F)/(a) =m

where we can see that mass and acceleration are inversely related.

For a definite force value, greater than 0 as the problem mentions, if the mass increases, the acceleration will decrease, and vice versa.

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